Stevens v. Town of Norfolk
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in Equity for an injunction to restrain tlie authorities of the respondent town from taking possession of certain land for ■ burial purposes; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried before Sanford, J. The following facts were found by the court.
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Bill in Equity for an injunction to restrain tlie authorities of the respondent town from taking possession of certain land for ■ burial purposes; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County, and tried before Sanford, J. The following facts were found by the court. The selectmen' of the town of Norfolk, in behalf of the town, brought a petition to the Superior Court at its September term, in the year 1872, therein averring that the town was the owner of a burying-ground in the town, known as the “Centre Burying-Ground,” and that public convenience and necessity required the enlargement…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The town of Norfolk proceeded under the statute to take the petitioner’s land for the purpose of enlarging a cemetery. The land was duly appraised, the proper decree was passed by the Superior Court, and the money was deposited with the county treasurer for the petitioner’s use. Thereupon the title vested in the town.
The petitioner desired that the town should relinquish the land so taken, and, at his instance, the votes set out in the petition were passed by the town. The committee thereby appointed, pursuant to such authority, purchased another lot, but upon further consideration the lot so…
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