City of Bridgeport v. United Illuminating Co.

As the majority opinion points out, the imposition upon an abutting owner of the duty to repair and care for the public right of way over his land by a municipality must be reasonable. Fair Haven W. R. Co. v. New Haven, 75 Conn. 442,451, 53 A. 960. To require an abutting owner to keep in repair a part of the highway which the trial court, on ample evidence, has found to be a part of a bridge constructed by the municipality seems obviously unreasonable and not within the charter powers granted the plaintiff.