State v. City of Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal to a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County from an assessment for a city sewer.' Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
Certain real estate' in the city of Hartford was mortgaged to the state to secure a loan from the School Fund, and the mortgage was afterwards foreclosed, and the title to the property became absolute in the state. After this the city of Hartford, by its proper officers, laid a sewer along the street upon which the property was situated, and assessed the state, with other holders of real estate upon the street, for the special benefit conferred by the sewer upon their property; and the sole question in the case is, whether the state is liable to such an assessment.
The city claims that it is,…
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