Town of Chatham v. Brainerd
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit; to which the general issue was pleaded, with notice- 1. of the statute of limitations ; 2. a license, from the plaintiffs ; 3. a li- cence from the town of Middletown, alleged to be tenants in common with the plaintiffs of the locus in quo; 4. that by the votes of the proprietors of the common and undivided lands of Middletown and Chatham, passed in 1786, 1812, 1822, and at other meetings, the defendants, as inhabitants of…
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This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit; to which the general issue was pleaded, with notice- 1. of the statute of limitations ; 2. a license, from the plaintiffs ; 3. a li- cence from the town of Middletown, alleged to be tenants in common with the plaintiffs of the locus in quo; 4. that by the votes of the proprietors of the common and undivided lands of Middletown and Chatham, passed in 1786, 1812, 1822, and at other meetings, the defendants, as inhabitants of Chat-ham, had a right to enter and do the acts complained of, on the locus in quo. The cause was tried at Middletown,…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch, J.
The plaintiffs claim damages for trespasses committed upon lands, over which are highways, in the town of Chatham ; of which lands, they say, they are the owners. Their title rests upon a vote of the proprietors of the town of Middletown, passed on the 9th of January, 1786, *81confirmed, by subsequent acts of the town of Middletown, and a resolution of the General Assembly.
The town of Chatham was incorporated in 1767; and the vote above referred to, released to said town all the right, title and interest of said proprietors in the common and undivided lands lying in said town of…
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