ARGUMENT OF JOHN H. PERRY, ESQ. ON CREATING A TRIBUNAL TO DECIDE THAT A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR A RAILROAD EXISTS BEFORE PROPERTY CAN BE TAKEN FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION, BEFORE THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1883.
Bridgeport, Conn. J.H. Coggeswell, 1883. 20pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Uniformly toned, Very Good.
Perry represented homeowners in "my native Town of Fairfield," distressed at future railroad construction by the New York and Connecticut Air-Line Railroad, and the Hartford and Harlem Railroad. His clients "have built for themselves expensive residences...a convenient distance from the existing railroad, hoping to live there undisturbed the rest of their lives. Their homes are now threatened with destruction by both of the railroads." Because the proposed routes will "not touch" their property, compensation is unavailable to them although the value and quiet enjoyment of their homes are nonetheless destroyed.
Perry argues that the dwelling of "no man is safe unless he occupy an ark on Ararat." He urges the legislature to pass legislation requiring a showing of public necessity before private property may be impaired by railroad construction.
OCLC 65139714 [1- Yale Law School] [as of July 2012]. Item #29042
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