Connecticut Printers, Inc. v. Redevelopment Agency

The defendant, in eminent domain proceedings, took the plaintiff’s land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 89 Trumbull Street, as part of a redevelopment project in Hartford and assessed damages at $385,000. The defendant filed a statement of compensation and deposited that sum of money with the clerk of the Superior Court. Thereafter, the plaintiff applied to the Superior Court for a review of the assessment and the court referred the matter to a state referee, who, acting as the court, heard evidence and found the property to have a fair market value of…