Barri v. Schwarz Bros. Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the rights of the respective parties in and to certain mud flats and to quiet and settle the title thereto, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Warner, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which some of the defendants appealed.
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Suit to determine the rights of the respective parties in and to certain mud flats and to quiet and settle the title thereto, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Warner, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which some of the defendants appealed. Andrew L. Winton was in 1872 the owner of a considerable tract of land situated in Bridgeport and lying on the westerly side of a body of water known as the Berkshire Mill Pond. This so-called pond is formed by the combined action of the waters of the Pequonnock River and the tides. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The appealing defendants, as the owners of eight lots, to wit, No. 64, No. 84, No. 85, No. 87, No. 89, No. 90, No. 91 and No. 92, and a part of No. 88, claim to be entitled to the enjoyment of riparian rights originally incident to the ownership of the upland lying within their limits. The plaintiff, as successor in title to Winton, disputes this claim, asserts that he is entitled to that enjoyment, and asks that the two conflicting claims be adjudicated and the rights of the parties be judicially established. Certain of the defendants are also owners of lots No. 62 and No. 63, but before us…
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