New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to the Superior Court in New Haven County, to review an assessment of compensation by the board of aldermen of the defendant, to the plaintiff, on account of the extension of a highway over its land; the court (Roraback, J.) increased the compensation, and the city appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The city of New Haven, by its board of aldermen, ordered .an extension of Humphrey Street, with a width of sixty feet, across the main line of the plaintiff’s railroad, and through and across its station at Cedar Hill. On its application, the railroad commissioners, under General Statutes, § 3710, ordered that the street, as thus to be extended, should be constructed under the railroad. The city authorities thereupon assessed the damages thus accruing to the railroad company at $5,527. The company applied to the Superior Court for a review of this action, and the court raised the amount of…
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