Town of West Hartford v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to foreclose a lien to secure an assessment of ' benefits for a local public improvement, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County where a demurrer to the complaint was sustained {Smith, J.) and judgment rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The plaintiff seeks the foreclosure of a lien filed against the defendant’s property for an assessment made in 1907 for a local improvement. The authority under which the assessment was made and certificate lodged is contained in Nos. 49 and 489 of the Special Laws of 1899. 13 Special Laws, pp. 40 and 483. These Acts authorize an assessment of benefits which shall remain a continuing lien upon a prescribed certificate being lodged with the town clerk, but are silent upon the subject of notice to the landowner and opportunity for him to be heard. The complaint alleges the authorization and…
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