Town of Hamden v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover taxes on three pieces of land owned by the defendant and located in the plaintiff town, brought originally to the Town Court of Hamden and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Simpson, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff with respect to the taxes laid upon one of the pieces of land, and for the defendant with respect to the other two, from which each party appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The town of Hamden sues to recover for taxes assessed on three pieces of real estate located in Hamden, just over the dividing line between New Haven and Hamden, and adjacent to the Springside farm, which, in connection with the Springside Home, is owned and operated as a town poorhouse and farm for paupers belonging to the town of New Haven.
The first piece, called the Merchant piece, was pur- ■ chased April 1st, 1885, by the town of New Haven, and ever since has been used in connection with Spring-side farm for the purpose of pasturage, and was reasonably necessary for that purpose. The…
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