Seeley v. Town of Westport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction against a levy on the property of the petitioners for sundry taxes by the tax collector of the respondent town; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. The respondents demurred to the petition, and the court (Hovey, J.,') overruled the demurrer and passed a decree in favor of the petitioners. The respondents thereupon filed a motion in error and brought the record before this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a petition to restrain the town of Westport, its officers and agents, from collecting certain taxes by a levy and sale of certain real estate called Compo Place, now belonging to the petitioners. During the years 1874-5-6 the real estate was in the possession of one Mrs. Alden, who claimed title to it and put it in her list of taxable property for those years. The taxes now claimed were assessed upon this and other real estate owned by Mrs. Alden in such a manner that the amount assessed upon Compo Place cannot now be ascertained. It was subsequently judicially determined that the…
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