Starr Burying Ground Asso. v. North Lane Cemetery Asso.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to condemn certain land for the enlargement of a cemetery, and for an adjudication that the defendant was not organized in good faith but to prevent the plaintiff from acquiring said land, brought to the Superior Court in New London County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Thayer, J.') and the cause was afterwards tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
From very early times towns, ecclesiastical societies and school societies have acquired and dedicated land for a public burying-ground. Individuals or voluntary associations have used their own land for the pur poses of a burying-ground, sometimes for private use of the owners and sometimes for the use of the public. In 1841 a statute was passed authorizing individuals in any town to associate for the purpose of procuring and establishing a burying-ground which might be either for public or private use, and further providing that being so associated the association might become a corporate…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norwich Gas & Electric Co. v. City of NorwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Edwards v. Stonington Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- In re St. Bernard Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
3Cited by24 opinions
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- Town of Winchester v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- State Trust & Savings Bank v. Hermosa Land & Cattle Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
- Hoffman Wall Paper Co. v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- University of Southern California v. RobbinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
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