Hartford v. Day
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application under § 2700 of the General Statutes, by the city of Hartford, for the approval of a proposed highway within one hundred yards of a railroad track; brought before Son. Samuel 0. Prentice, a Judge of the Superior Court, who found the facts and rendered a judgment of approval, and appeal by the respondent for alleged errors of the judge.
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Application under § 2700 of the General Statutes, by the city of Hartford, for the approval of a proposed highway within one hundred yards of a railroad track; brought before Son. Samuel 0. Prentice, a Judge of the Superior Court, who found the facts and rendered a judgment of approval, and appeal by the respondent for alleged errors of the judge. The application alleged that the city of Hartford proposed to lay out and open to the public in said city, a street or highway (particularly described) within one hundred yards of the railroad tracks of the Philadelphia, Reading and New England…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The object of laying out a public highway is to accommodate public travel—to meet the demands of common convenience and necessity between the given termini. Clark v. Town of Middlebury, 47 Conn., 834. The question involved must be regarded as to the common convenience and necessity of a highway in that locality. Terry v. Town of Waterbury, 35 Conn., 533. Whenever a new highway is proposed to be laid out by the selectmen of a town, the common council of a city, or a committee of the Superior Court, the general question always must be :—Does common convenience and necessity require a highway at…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Townsend v. HoyleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Terry v. Town of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
- Bailey v. Hartford & Connecticut Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- Bristol v. Town of BranfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re Shelton Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Kenneson v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Paulsen v. Town of WiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905