Whitmore v. City of Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendant city from carrying out certain resolutions of its Court of Common Council ordering public works in said city, and to restrain the defendants the treasurer, the tax collector, and the controller of said city from drawing, certifying or paying any order for the payment of money of said city under authority of said resolutions or complying with any part thereof, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County (Maltbie, J.) for the…
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Suit to restrain the defendant city from carrying out certain resolutions of its Court of Common Council ordering public works in said city, and to restrain the defendants the treasurer, the tax collector, and the controller of said city from drawing, certifying or paying any order for the payment of money of said city under authority of said resolutions or complying with any part thereof, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Hartford County (Maltbie, J.) for the advice of this court. The admitted facts upon which are raised the questions of law presented for determination, are…
1Opinion of the CourtBurpee, J.
No objection is made to the assessment against the city on account of general benefits to the people of the city and the community at large, because by itself it would not require an expenditure by the city of more than the amount limited by the provision of the city charter which we are to consider in determining the first question submitted for our advice. That provision is quoted in the agreed statement of facts, and is contained in § 178 of the city charter revised in 1920. 17 Special Laws, p. 888. But the board of street commissioners of the city has found that three pieces of land…
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- City of New London v. BrainardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- Dodd v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
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