City of Hartford v. New York & New England Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction against the obstruction of a claimed highway of the plaintiff city by the defendant company; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and heard before Fenn, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Seymouií, J.
In this case the plaintiff demands an in junction against alleged encroachments and obstructions upon a public highway, known as Church street, in the city of Hartford, which, it claims, runs west from Main street, across the tracks and road-bed of the defendant, to Spring street.
The defendant’s answer denies that said highway runs across its tracks and road-bed or that there is any duly established highway between Union Place and Spring street over its track and road-bed, or that the acts complained of were, any of them, done, or intended to be done, upon or in any highway.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Corning v. GouldNew York Supreme Court · 1837
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- Green v. Town of CanaanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
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- Ely v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
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