Legal Opinion
Borough of Fenwick v. Town of Old Saybrook
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 15, 1946PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The question to be decided is whether property owned by the plaintiff, a municipal corporation, is exempt from taxation under the provisions of General Statutes, § 1163 (4). The statute reads: “The following-described property shall be exempt from taxation: . . . (4) except as otherwise provided by law, property belonging to, or held in trust for, a municipal corporation of this state and used for a public purpose. . . .”
In the beginning of its application to the court, the borough states that it is “appealing from the Board of Assessors” of the defendant town. Such an appeal is unknown to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Yale University v. Town of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Town of Winchester v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Hannon v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Codman v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Cohn v. City & Town of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
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3Cited by31 opinions
- General Motors Corporation v. MulquinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- State Ex Rel. Rourke v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Baker v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Belford v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Second Stone Ridge Cooperative Corp. v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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