State v. Fyler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a mandamus, to compel the respondent, a tax-collector of the town of Torrington, to collect a tax laid upon the property of The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, a corporation located iii that town ; ■ brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County by the State’s Attorney upon the relation of Nelson W. Coe, a resident and taxpayer of the town.
Read the full summary
Application for a mandamus, to compel the respondent, a tax-collector of the town of Torrington, to collect a tax laid upon the property of The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, a corporation located iii that town ; ■ brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County by the State’s Attorney upon the relation of Nelson W. Coe, a resident and taxpayer of the town. The application set forth the corporate character of the company mentioned, its ownership of property in the town, tlie assessment of the property by the assessors, the increase in the valuation of it by the board of relief, the names…
1Opinion of the CourtPakdee, J.
The respondent asks us to adopt the rule requiring the public prosecutor alone to prosecute, where public rights are to be protected.
But, as a citizen, the relator has an interest in having all public officers discharge their official duties according to law; as a tax-payer he has an individual pecuniary interest in the collection of all legally assessed taxes and in securing *158to himself protection from compulsory contribution to deficiencies resulting from neglect of official duty upon the part of the collector. The fact that the representative of the state permitted him to appear of record…
2Cited by26 opinions
- Baker v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- State v. EricksonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- City Council v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Eastern Color Printing Co. v. JenksSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Bredice v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.