Town of Bristol v. New England Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an injunction to restrain the defendant from building an abutment or other structure as part of an overhead railroad crossing, within the limits of North Main street in Bristol, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford Comity and tried to the court, Prentice, J., upon the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendant’s second defenses; the court held such defenses sufficient and overruled the- demurrers thereto, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the…
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Action for an injunction to restrain the defendant from building an abutment or other structure as part of an overhead railroad crossing, within the limits of North Main street in Bristol, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford Comity and tried to the court, Prentice, J., upon the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendant’s second defenses; the court held such defenses sufficient and overruled the- demurrers thereto, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The complaint contains two counts, the first being as follows :—“ 1. Main street and North Main street…
1Opinion of the CourtHamebsley, J.
The complaint alleges that the defendant intends to build a bridge for carrying its railroad tracks over Main street at the corner of that street and North Main street (they being highways within the limits of the town of Bristol), and threatens to build a stone abutment in connection with said bridge, so as to encroach upon North Main street and occupy a strip thereof as shown by the annexed map marked Exhibit A; and claims an in*315junction restraining the defendant from building any structure within the limits of North Main street. Exhibit A is a map drawn to a scale, purporting to be a,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Suffield v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cornwall v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Town of Meriden v. BennettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Sanger v. City of BridgeportConnecticut Superior Court · 1937