Coe v. Wolcottville Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for the obstruction of a right of way ; reserved by the Superior Court, on facts found, for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This action is brought to recover damages for an obstruction to an alleged right of way over premises belonging to the defendants. The plaintiff, and those under whom she claims, used and occupied the way in question from 1832 to 1866, when it was obstructed in the manner complained of in the declaration.
The land over which the right of way is claimed was owned in fee, at the time of the commencement of said use and occupation, by Mrs. Bissell, then, and until the year 1858, the wife of Luther Bissell. In that year he died. She remained a feme sole and the owner of the premises until 1862,…
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