Brunswick School v. Town & Borough of Greenwich
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to secure the cancellation of certain taxes assessed against the property of the plaintiff and the removal of the liens created thereby, and for other relief, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Greene, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The plaintiff is a private corporation having capital stock, organized under the general corporation laws of this State, and located in the town of Greenwich, where it conducts a day school for the instruction of boys ranging in age from six to eighteen years. Its certificate of incorporation states that the purposes to be promoted and carried on by it are “to establish, maintain and conduct a private school and . . . provide and furnish suitable grounds and buildings therefor; and to make all proper contracts in connection therewith, and to do all things incidental thereto.” Since 1906 it…
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