Second North School District Appeal From Board of Street Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an assessment of benefits and damages resulting from the widening of High Street in the city of Hartford and the establishment of building and veranda lines thereon, taken by several abutting property owners to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and referred to a committee who heard the parties and reported the facts, after having sustained a demurrer filed by the City; the judge of said court (Hon. Edward L. Smith) overruled remonstrances…
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Appeal from an assessment of benefits and damages resulting from the widening of High Street in the city of Hartford and the establishment of building and veranda lines thereon, taken by several abutting property owners to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and referred to a committee who heard the parties and reported the facts, after having sustained a demurrer filed by the City; the judge of said court (Hon. Edward L. Smith) overruled remonstrances to the report of the committee, accepted said report and rendered judgment in accordance therewith, from which the…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This action is an appeal from an appraisal of damages and an assessment of betterments by the Board of Street Commissioners of the City of Hartford, taken to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and praying for a reappraisal of the damages and a reassessment of the benefits.
The case was referred by the judge to a committee for a hearing, a demurrer was filed with the committee by the City against all of the other parties to the appeal, and all of the parties agreed that the committee should pass upon the demurrer and that the judge should review his decision thereon.
The…
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