City of Norwalk v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the defendant railway company to pay the sum of $16,614 as its equitable portion of the expense of constructing a new highway bridge over the Norwalk River, taken by the plaintiff city to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J facts found and judgment rendered fixing the amount which the defendant should pay at $4,906, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the defendant railway company to pay the sum of $16,614 as its equitable portion of the expense of constructing a new highway bridge over the Norwalk River, taken by the plaintiff city to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J facts found and judgment rendered fixing the amount which the defendant should pay at $4,906, from which the plaintiff appealed. Reference may be had to 88 Conn. 472, 473, and to 89 Conn. 528, for further statements of fact. The trial court found these facts: Since about 1867, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The order of the Commission provided for: (1) two tracks across the bridge; (2) rails of a certain type; and (3) the payment by the Connecticut Company of a portion of the cost of the bridge.
Upon the former appeal to this court (88 Conn. 471, Atl. 442) brief of the Company accurately recite. - m that part of the order apportioning the cost that; the appeal . . . was . . . taken in the name of the City of Norwalk.” The Company, upon the appeal to the Superior Court, demurred to the reasons of appeal of the City, the demurrer was sustained, and the City took its appeal to this court. No one of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Norwalk Street Railway Company's AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Norton v. Shore Line Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Spencer's Appeal From Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- City of Norwalk v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
- Inhabitants of Orono v. Bangor Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
3Cited by8 opinions
- Katz v. BrandonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Deflumeri v. SunderlandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Kram v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Peterson v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Connecticut Television, Inc. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
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