City of Norwich v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in equity, brought by the city of Norwich, to enforce a lien, claimed by the plaintiffs, to exist, as security for the payment of $104.25, which they had expended, in grading, curbing and flagging a sidewalk.
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This was a bill in equity, brought by the city of Norwich, to enforce a lien, claimed by the plaintiffs, to exist, as security for the payment of $104.25, which they had expended, in grading, curbing and flagging a sidewalk. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth sections of the amended charter of the city of Norwich are as follows : “ Sec. 3. The court of common council, of said city, shall have power and authority, from time to time, as public convenience may require, to designate and fix the width, course, height and level of sidewalks and gutters, in and upon the streets and highways in said…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, C. J.
This is an application, by the city of Norwich, in the nature of a process of foreclosure, to enforce a lien claimed by said city, to secure the payment of $104.25, incurred as expenses under the third, fourth, fifth and sixth sections of the city charter, in grading, curbing and flagging a sidewalk, fronting the land and buildings of Charles J. Lanman, and of which he was supposed to be the owner and proprietor, and of which Amos -H. Hubbard, one of the respondents, was mortgagee.
The petition, in which all the facts constituting the plaintiffs’ claim are detailed, is demurred to by Hubbard,…
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