SHOREHAVEN GOLF CLUB, INC. v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION


146 Conn. 619 (1959)

THE SHOREHAVEN GOLF CLUB, INC., ET AL. v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION ET AL. MANHATTAN SAND COMPANY, INC. v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Desmond and Henry P. Bakewell, for the appellant (plaintiff) in the second case.

David M. Shea, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey and Alfred F. Wechsler, for the appellants (plaintiffs) in the first case.

Raymond J. Cannon, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Albert L. Coles, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant commission) in each case.

Norman K. Parsells, for the appellees (defendants Smith et al.) in each case.

Hereward Wake, for the appellee (defendant Gordan) in each case.

Stephen Tate filed a brief as amicus curiae.

DALY, C. J., BALDWIN, KING, MURPHY and MELLITZ, JS.


BALDWIN, J.

The plaintiffs The Shorehaven Golf Club, Inc., and The Covlee Company, both Connecticut corporations in Norwalk, own land on the shore of Long Js.land Sound, including a large area of salt marsh, known as Great Marsh, which lies partly in the town of Westport and partly in the town of Norwalk. The plaintiff Manhattan Sand Company, Inc., is a New York corporation engaged in dredging sand and gravel for commercial...

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