Ferguson v. Borough of Stamford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to set aside an assessment of benefits for a city sewer as void and as a cloud upon title; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and heard, upon a demurrer to sundry paragraphs of the complaint, before J. M. Hall, J. Demurrer sustained, and the remaining issues tried to the court before Fenn, J. Facts found, and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs. The ease is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
In November, 1885, the borough of Stamford adopted a general system of sewerage for the use of the borough, and voted that $25,000 of the cost of con struction be defrayed bjr assessment upon the property of such persons as might be benefited thereby, and that the remainder of the cost, including damages and expenses, be defrayed by the issue and sale of bonds. Immediately thereafter the borough entered upon the construction of said system of sewerage, and completed it in December, 1888.
In February, 1887, the borough applied to a judge of the Superior Court for the appointment of suitable…
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