Greenwoods Co. v. Town of New Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of an appeal from the doings of the board of relief of the town of New Hartford, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and referred by agreement of the parties to the Hon. Dwight Loomis, State Referee, to hear and report the facts; facts found and case reserved thereon for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Action in the nature of an appeal from the doings of the board of relief of the town of New Hartford, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and referred by agreement of the parties to the Hon. Dwight Loomis, State Referee, to hear and report the facts; facts found and case reserved thereon for the consideration and advice of this court. Upon the trial the following facts were found by the State Referee, whose report was duly accepted by the Superior Court:— “ The plaintiff, before the first day of November, 1891, and after the first day of October of that year, caused to be made…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The evidence in respect to the rate of valuation placed by the assessors on other dwelling-houses and mills in the defendant town, was properly admitted to enable the referee to determine whether “ there was any rule adopted by the assessors or board of relief that the property in that town should be entered in the list and assessed at *464some fractional part of its value.” It was used for that purpose and, so far as is disclosed, for no other.
The General Statutes, § 8860, provides that: “ Any person claiming to be aggrieved by the action of the board of relief in any town, may, within two…
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