Powers v. Town of New Haven

The complaint in this cause alleges that the town of New Haven is a municipal corporation duly organized under the laws of this State; that on the 4th day of August, 1875, the board of trustees of said town being of the opinion that public convenience required that the sidewalks on the north side of Main street, in said town, should be graded and planked or otherwise paved from John Fisher’s butcher-shop east to Broadway street, in said town, passed an ordinance to grade and plank said sidewalk between said points, a copy of which ordinance is filed with and made a part of the complaint; that…