Town of Tolland v. Town of Willington

It appears that in 1807 there was abridge, 150 feet long, spanning the Willimantie river, between the towns of Tolland and Willington. It had ever been the practice, as it was the duty, of these towns, to build and maintain this bridge at their joint and equal expense, as the statute directs where a river or stream is the dividing line between two towns. The bridge standing in 1807 was carried off by high water in 1818, and the towns, concluding that it would be best to reduce this space of 150 feet by filling a part of it with abutments of earth, gravel and stone, in order that the bridge or…