Wilcox v. Town of Madison

The substantial question before a trial court in appeals to it of this nature is whether the applicant has been aggrieved “by such action of the board of relief as must result in his payment of an unjust and therefore practically illegal tax,” which, in the instant case, could only arise by an improper list ing of the property of the plaintiff or by improperly adding ten per cent to the valuation fixed by the assessors as stated below. Ives v. Goshen, 65 Conn. 456, 460, 32 Atl. 932. We further said in that case: “The question whether or not an applicant has been aggrieved is made a judicial…