State Ex Rel. City of Waterbury v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application by the State's Attorney, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, for a writ of mandamus. An alternative writ having been issued, it was quashed (Bennett, J.) on motion of the defendant.
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Application by the State's Attorney, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, for a writ of mandamus. An alternative writ having been issued, it was quashed (Bennett, J.) on motion of the defendant. The writ stated this case: In 1904 the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company presented a petition to the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Waterbury, for the approval of its plan for the location of certain proposed alterations and extensions of its electric railway within said city, described as follows:— “EXTENSION PROM EAST MAIN STREET TO THE PEARL LAKE ROAD. “ Commencing at a…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, the predecessor in title of the defendant, having a franchise from the State for the construction and operation of a railway in certain streets in the city of Waterbury, submitted to the city authorities a plan for exercising this franchise with respect to some of these streets, pursuant to General Statutes, § 3823. This provided that before any such company should proceed to construct a railway or lay new tracks, it should “cause a plan to be made showing the highway or highways in and through which it proposes to lay its tracks, the location of…
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- Bassett v. AtwaterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Central Railway & Electric Co.'s AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- State Ex Rel. Howard v. Hartford Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Brainard v. StaubSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
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