Bryan v. Town of Branford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil suit for the laying out of a highway; brought to the Superior Court. Report of a committee in favor of laying out the highway, remonstrance by the defendants against the acceptance of the report, remonstrance overruled and decree laying out the highway, (Beardsley, J!,) and motion in error by the defendants. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The questions for review in this case are based upon certain decisions of the Superior Court overruling the defendants’ remonstrance to the report of a committee laying out a highway in the town of Branford.
1. The highway was laid across Branford river, which required the building of a bridge with a draw for the accommodation of vessels, and the cost of the bridge became an important question before the committee. Upon this subject the plaintiffs offered the testimony of A. B. Hill and Charles *248H. Fowler as experts. To show their qualifications as such the plaintiffs proved that they were…
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