Forbes v. Town of Orange
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages to the premises of the plaintiff caused by a change of grade in the highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Greene, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $800, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to prove these facts: For several years he has owned a farm of land with a frontage of about two thousand feet on the Milford Turnpike, in the town of Orange, on which land stands his dwelling-house, barns, and other buildings. Between January 1st, 1906, and January 1st, 1909, the defendant changed the grade of this highway, cut it down about four feet immediately in front of the plaintiff’s residence and driveway to his house and barn, and also changed the traveled part of the highway so that it was about eight feet nearer the plaintiff’s house. The…
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