Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Brush v. Sixth Taxing District
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 5, 1926PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The joining of the commissioners of the sixth district as parties to the action brought by the State on the relation of Brush was improper. The legality of the existence of the district could be tried by an information against the district, but not in an action upon an information against the persons elected as commissioners of the district, since an action in their behalf implies that the office held by them is a legally existing office. State ex rel. Woodford v. North, 42 Conn. 79, 86. We point out the irregularity in the interest of good practice. It does not affect the questions which are…
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