Manresa Institute v. Town of Norwalk
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for relief from an assessment for taxation by the defendant town; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court before Thayer, J, Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an application in the nature of an appeal from the doings of the board of relief in refusing to exempt from taxation certain real estate lying in the defendant town. The land in question is an island, comprising about fifty acres, and connected with the main-land by a bridge and causeway, and on it stand a mansion house, two cottages and outbuildings, and a chapel devoted to religious uses. The town authorities subjected the premises to taxation, and the Superior Court on this appeal confirmed their action. The appellants appealed to this court.
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