Legal Opinion

Larkin v. Bontatibus

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 24, 1958PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.

This is an appeal by all of the defendants, except the selectmen of the town of Branford, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County declaring that a district organized for municipal purposes under the provisions of chapter 35 of the General Statutes, as amended, must comprise a single, self-contained area and may not comprise two or more noncontiguous areas, and also that Blaekstone Associates, a district organized by these defendants, is not a validly formed and lawful district.

Hotchkiss Grove is in the Pine Orchard West section of Branford, fronting on Blackstone Bay,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sigal v. WiseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
  2. Town of Enterprise v. State ex rel. Attorney-GeneralSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  3. Connecticut Savings Bank v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
  4. Hillman v. City of PocatelloIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Town of OcontoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Alarm Applications Co. v. Simsbury Volunteer Fire Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  2. Gentile v. AltermattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
  3. Kneip v. HersethSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Stroiney v. Crescent Lake Tax DistrictSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  5. Peterson v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963

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