Borough of Stonington v. States
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of error from a decree of the 'superior court against the borough of Stonington, upon the petition of the defendants in error, laying out a highway within the borough and ordering its construction.
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
No obligation rest upon any territorial or municipal corporation in this state by the common law to lay out, construct or repair highways, and no application can be made to any court to enforce such obligation, unless it is imposed and the process is given by express statutory provision. The charter of the borough of Stonington confers power to lay out and construct new highways within its limits, but imposes no obligation to do it, and confers no authority upon the courts in respect to them. A provision in the general act relative to highways, which first appeared in the revision of 1821,…
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