Connecticut Co. v. City of Norwalk
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the plaintiff to lay two railway tracks upon a new highway bridge over the Norwalk River, taken by the plaintiff to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J.; the court held that § 4 of the Special Act of 1913, underlying the order in question, was unconstitutional and void, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff setting the order aside, from which the defendant appealed.
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Appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the plaintiff to lay two railway tracks upon a new highway bridge over the Norwalk River, taken by the plaintiff to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J.; the court held that § 4 of the Special Act of 1913, underlying the order in question, was unconstitutional and void, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff setting the order aside, from which the defendant appealed. Reference may be had to 88 Conn. 472, 473, and to 89 Conn. 537, for statement of facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWheelek, J.
The Connecticut Company is a street-railway corporation which has for many years operated a single-track street-railway over the old Washington Street bridge, being a part of Washington Street, a highway in the city of Norwalk.
The General Assembly, in 1911, authorized the town of Norwalk, through its bridge committee, to construct a new bridge across the Norwalk River in place of the old Washington Street bridge. 16 Special Laws, p. 490.
In 1913 the General Assembly consolidated the municipalities in Norwalk into the City of Norwalk, transferring to it the authority of the town over this…
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