Gregory v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction against a payment by the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The petition alleged that the petitioner was an inhabitant of the city of Bridgeport, a taxpayer thereof, and an owner of real and personal estate liable to taxation and actually taxed therein ; that on the 29th day of September, 1866, he brought his action on the case against John Brooks, of said city, to the City Court of said city, to recover damages…
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Petition for an injunction against a payment by the defendants; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The petition alleged that the petitioner was an inhabitant of the city of Bridgeport, a taxpayer thereof, and an owner of real and personal estate liable to taxation and actually taxed therein ; that on the 29th day of September, 1866, he brought his action on the case against John Brooks, of said city, to the City Court of said city, to recover damages sustained by him from the wrongful and malicious conduct of said Brooks, as set forth in his declaration in said action; that…
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
The record in this cause presents for decision the question whether the respondent is legally authorized to make an appropriation from its treasury to indemnify an officer appointed under a by-law enacted by its common council, and approved by itself, in pursuance of authority conferred by its charter.
The officer or agent of a municipal corporation may he legally indemnified, provided he lias acted in good foith in the discharge of his official duty in a matter in which the corporation had an interest. and with respect to a duty imposed or. authorized by law. The general powers of such cor*85pora…
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