City of New Britain v. Kilbourne

The defendant on May 21st, 1925, owned a tract of land in New Britain, fronting on Stanley Street, which is a main, highway from New Britain to Hartford upon which he desired to erect a gas station. A ravine twelve to fifteen feet lower than the surface of the street, extended through this tract for a distance of more than one hundred and fifty feet and a brook crossed the street at this point through a cul vert and emptied into this ravine. On the date named the defendant obtained a permit from the building inspector of the city of New Britain to locate and build a gas station at this…