New York & New Haven Railroad v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Applications to the Superior Court in New Haven County for relief from assessments laid by the authorities of the city of New Haven for the paving of a street in the city. The following facts were found by a committee in the first named case.
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Applications to the Superior Court in New Haven County for relief from assessments laid by the authorities of the city of New Haven for the paving of a street in the city. The following facts were found by a committee in the first named case. An order of the common council of the city of New Haven, providing for the laying of a wooden pavement in Union street from Court street to Wooster street, was passed on the 28th of September, 1870. On the 17th of November, 1871, an order was passed by the council laying an assessment upon the adjoining proprietors for the expense of this pavement. This…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
In each of these cases the appellant applied to the Superior Court for relief against the assessment of betterments laid by the city of New Haven for the purpose of defraying the expense of paving a public street. The appellants are railroad corporations, engaged only in the business of operating railroads, and the land assessed in each case is used exclusively for railroad purposes.
These assessments can be made only on property which is specially benefited by the improvement. The question then is, whether the land assessed was specially benefited. The language of the finding is;—“ I do not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Bridgeport v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
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