Gillette v. City of Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, to recover the amount of a tax collected of the plaintiffs by the city of Hartford, to which the plaintiffs claimed that they were not legally liable. The case was referred to auditors by the superior court, by whom the following facts were found.
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Assumpsit, to recover the amount of a tax collected of the plaintiffs by the city of Hartford, to which the plaintiffs claimed that they were not legally liable. The case was referred to auditors by the superior court, by whom the following facts were found. The General Assembly, at its session in May 1859, granted to the city of Hartford a new charter, by which the limits of the city were greatly extended, and which contained the following provision with regard to the territory annexed by it to the city : “ Provided always that no city tax exceeding two cents on a dollar of the grand list,…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
It appears from the finding of the auditors that the lands of the plaintiffs were included in an extension of the limits of the city of Hartford, by a new or amended charter, granted by the General Assembly in 1859. It does not expressly appear at whose instance the extension was made, but, as it was a provision of a new charter then granted, it is to be presumed that it was at the request of the city. It also appears expressly and by implication, that in fixing the new and extended lines of the city, vacant and farm lands were included, and that the General Assembly found that such lands…
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