New Milford Water Co. v. Watson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to Hon. Charles B. Andrews, as a judge of the Superior Court, for the appointment of appraisers of certain water rights in Litchfield County, to be taken under the plaintiff’s charter; motion to dismiss denied, and a demurrer to application overruled, after which the application was, heard and an order passed appointing appraisers, who rer turned a report of their appraisal to the Superior Court in Litchfield County.
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Application to Hon. Charles B. Andrews, as a judge of the Superior Court, for the appointment of appraisers of certain water rights in Litchfield County, to be taken under the plaintiff’s charter; motion to dismiss denied, and a demurrer to application overruled, after which the application was, heard and an order passed appointing appraisers, who rer turned a report of their appraisal to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. Here a remonstrance against its accept^ anee was filed and field insufficient (Shwmway, J.'). An answer was then filed, and a motion by the defendants for judgment on…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The power of the plaintiff to take the water ¡ rights which it seeks to appropriate by this proceeding was; made by its charter to depend on its obtaining a finding, either-; from the Superior Court of Litchfield county or a judge of the Superior Court, that such taking was necessary. The I judge of the Superior Court before whom it brought its application made such a finding', and this was an exercise on. his part of that judicial power which is vested in the Superior Court. Norwalk Street Ry. Co.’s Appeal, 69 Conn. 576, 601, 608. His order making an appointment of appraisers was a further…
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