In re St. Bernard Cemetery Ass'n
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to the Superior Court in New Haven County, for its approval of the location of a cemetery, under Gen. Statutes, § 2655. The court approved the location, and Burton Dickerman, the owner of an ice pond near, who had been admitted as a party respondent and had opposed the application, took an appeal from the judgment. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiffs are the owners in fee of a tract of land in the town of New Haven which they have *92set apart as a cemetery. Upon examination it was found that a part of the land was within a half-mile of a reservoir from which the inhabitants of New Haven are supplied with water. Thereupon this action was brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, according to the provisions of section 2655 of the General Statutes. That section is as follows :—“ No cemetery or place of sepulture shall hereafter be located or established within one half-mile of any reservoir from which the inhabitants of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Evergreen Cemetery Ass'n v. BeecherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Starr Burying Ground Asso. v. North Lane Cemetery Asso.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Fitzgerald v. East Lawn Cemetery, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- State ex rel. Willow Monument Works, Inc. v. Mountain Grove Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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