Connecticut College v. Calvert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for the appointment of appraisers to estimate and assess damages for land owned by the defendant the taking of which by the plaintiff was alleged to be necessary for its corporate uses and purposes, brought to and tried by the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained the defendant’s demurrer and dismissed the application, from which the plaintiff appealed. No error.
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Application for the appointment of appraisers to estimate and assess damages for land owned by the defendant the taking of which by the plaintiff was alleged to be necessary for its corporate uses and purposes, brought to and tried by the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained the defendant’s demurrer and dismissed the application, from which the plaintiff appealed. No error. The petitioner was incorporated by a Special Act of 1911 under the name of “Thames College.” Its sole and exclusive purpose is to establish and maintain an institution for the higher education…
1DissentWheeler, J.
The “Thames College” was duly incorporated. 16 Special Laws, p. 101. Section 2 recites: “The sole and exclusive purpose of said corporation shall be to establish, organize, maintain, and conduct an institution for the higher education of women.” By a later Act (16 Special Laws, p. 291) its name was changed to “Connecticut College for Women.” By a later Act (16 Special Laws, p. 385) the General Assembly empowered it to take such real estate in the towns of New London and Waterford as its trustees should find to be necessary for its corporate purposes, upon payment of just compensation.
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