Douglas v. Town of Chatham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a mandamus, to compel the respondents to guarantee certain railroad bonds; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The petitioner made the application in the name of the state as well as in his own name.
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Application for a mandamus, to compel the respondents to guarantee certain railroad bonds; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The petitioner made the application in the name of the state as well as in his own name. The court found the following facts r— , The New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad Company was incorporated in the year 1867, with power to build a railroad from the city of New Haven to the village of Willimantic in the town of Windham in this state, passing through the town of Chatham. In the year 1868 the several towns through which the road was to pass,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The principal question in this case, whether the legislature has the constitutional power to authorize towns to aid in the construction of railroads, is hardly an open question in this state. Successive legislatures have assumed the existence of the power, and granted authority to towns and cities to issue bonds, and in other ways to aid in building railroads, and the action 'of towns and cities pursuant to such authority has been held by this court to be valid and binding. Bridgeport v. Housatonic Railroad Co., 15 Conn., 475; Society for Savings v. City of New London, 29 Conn. 174. The same…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gelpcke v. DubuqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
- City of Bridgeport v. Housatonuc RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
- Booth v. Town of WoodburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Railroad Co. v. County of OtoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Rogers v. BurlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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