City of Hartford v. Mechanics Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit to foreclose a lien for a sewer assessment, brought to and tried by the City Court of Hartford, MeKone, Acting-Judge, upon demurrer to the answer; judgment pro forma .for defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The court of common council of the city of Hartford, having authority by charter to provide that an assessment for benefits to real estate for any public work should be a lien upon such real estate, passed an ordinance that all such assessments should “ be a lien on the land on account of which said assessment is made until the same is fully paid,” provided a certificate of lien were, within three months after the assessment, lodged for record with the town clerk.
Subsequently, in 1876, such an assessment was laid for a sewer in Franklin Avenue on a certain lot, and a certificate of lien duly…
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