CRESCENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. PLANNING COMMISSION


148 Conn. 145 (1961)

CRESCENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF NEW CANAAN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Culhane, with whom were William D. Allen and, on the brief, Alfred Santaniello, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Norwick R. G. Goodspeed, with whom was John C. Sturges, for the appellee (defendant).

KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.


KING, J.

The plaintiff bought a tract of land, a portion of which was bounded on the east by Ponus Street, in New Canaan. Of the entire tract, about thirteen acres lay in New Canaan and forty acres in Stamford. Although the Stamford and New Canaan portions were contiguous, only the portion bounded by Ponus Street abutted a public highway. In pursuance of a plan to subdivide the entire tract for residential development, the...

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