New York & New England Railroad v. Bristol
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO.THE SUEREME COÜRT OE ERRORS OE THE STATE OE CONNECTICUT. By section one .of the act of the legislature of Connecticut of June 19, 1889, c. 220, entitled “An act relating to Grade Crossings,” (Pub.
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ERROR TO.THE SUEREME COÜRT OE ERRORS OE THE STATE OE CONNECTICUT. By section one .of the act of the legislature of Connecticut of June 19, 1889, c. 220, entitled “An act relating to Grade Crossings,” (Pub. Laws Conn. 1889,"p. 134,) it was provided: “ The selectmen pf any town, the mayor and common council of any city, the warden and burgesses of any borough .within which a highway crosses or is crossed by a railroad, or the directors of any railroad company whose road crosses or is .crossed by a liighwajq may.bring their petition in writing to the railroad commissioners, therein alleging…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered, the opinion of the court.
The reasons of appeal to. the Supreme Court were filed October 7, 1S92, ami assigned errors in the action of the Superior Court in dealing with various paragraphs of .the petition of appeal from the order of the railway commissioners, and in the admission and exclusion of evidence, but contained nothing questioning the constitutionality of the law under which the proceedings wrere had until they were amended December 17, 1892, by adding the paragraphs raising that question. This tardiness in bringing the…
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