Vincent v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages for obstructing a highway by which the plaintiff, an abutting proprietor, was deprived of reasonable access to and use'of his premises, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and heard in damages by the court, Thayer, J., after a default; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for substantial damages, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiffs were the owners of land and buildings fronting on North Railroad Avenue, á highway in Bridgeport, upon which premises they conducted the business of selling, at wholesale, grain, groceries, meat and other merchandise. For the purpose of performing the work of removing the grade-crossings in the city of Bridgeport, under a Special Act of the General Assembly passed in 1895, and under the orders of the railroad commissioners, and under the provisions of the agreement between the railroad company and certain representatives of the city of Bridgeport, made by authority of said…
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