Saugatuck Bridge Co. v. Town of Westport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit upon a contract of the defendant town to purchase and pay for a bridge, erected by the plaintiffs ; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County.
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Assumpsit upon a contract of the defendant town to purchase and pay for a bridge, erected by the plaintiffs ; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The declaration alleged that the plaintiffs were incorporated by the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut in the .year I860, for the purpose of erecting a toll bridge over the Saugatuck river in the town of Westport, their charter containing the following provision: “ Provided further that the town of Westport shall have the right to purchase said bridge and the franchise of said company, at any time after the completion of…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The objections raised by the defendants are all of a technical character. The plaintiffs were chartered for the purpose of constructing a bridge over Saugatuck river. To compensate them for the trouble and money expended in such construction, the legislature empowered them to take certain tolls from travelers unless the defendants should elect to'purchase the bridge when completed, in which case they were authorized so to do at a fair valuation, if the parties could not otherwise agree upon the compensation to be paid.
These facts rendered it obvious that if the town avail itself of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. Towns of Preston & LedyardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
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