Taylor v. Danbury Public Hall Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Ejectment, to recover the possession of a piece of land, originally a part of a highway, in the town of Danbury, tried to the jury in the Superior Court on the general issue before Pardee, J. Verdict for the defendants, and motion for anew trial by the plaintiffs. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought to try the title to certain premises, the chief value of which consists in the building thereon standing. The building was erected about the year 1785, by the First Society in Danbury, as a house of public worship, on a site designated for that purpose by the county court, and which lies wholly within the limits of the highway — the north line of the house being on the north line of the highway. In 1792 the adjoining proprietor sold and conveyed to the town a piece of laud immediately north of the' building, “for the sole use and purpose of a public…
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