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DWYER v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

147 Conn. 229 (1960)

FRANCIS L. DWYER v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 1, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Fischer, with whom was Charles H. Fischer, Jr., for the appellant (plaintiff).

Donald F. Keefe, for the appellee (defendant New Haven Water Company).

Louis Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Albert L. Coles, attorney general, for the appellee (named defendant).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, Js.

BALDWIN, C. J.

The New Haven Water Company, a public service company (General Statutes § 16-1) hereinafter referred to as the company, owned a parcel of land on Shingle Hill in West Haven on which it had erected and maintained a water tank or standpipe. This land was in an A residence zone. West Haven Zoning Regs. § 2 (1957). The standpipe had been erected before the zoning regulations became effective and constituted a nonconforming use. Id. § 7. The...

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