Legal Opinion

White v. Town of Portland

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided April 7, 1893PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from an assessment of certain property for taxation in the defendant town; taken to the Superior Court in Middlesex county, and heard before Prentice, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

This is an appeal from the doings of the board of relief of the defendant town, in refusing to reduce the tax list of the appellants for the year 1889. The Superior Court rendered judgment for the town on the second of March, 1892. The appellants appealed to this court.

The first reason of appeal is, that the court erred in ordering the trial to proceed in the absence of Josiah J. White. The facts relating to that matter are these: — Josiah J. White is the surviving appellant, his wife, Eliza T. White, who owned the property assessed, having died pending the appeal. Her husband as…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Connecticut Union of Telephone Workers, Inc. v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
  2. O'BRIEN v. Board of Tax ReviewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  3. Lerner Shops of Connecticut, Inc. v. Town of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
  4. Thaw v. Town of FairfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
  5. Crotty v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906

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