Legal Opinion

Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. Town of Stratford

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 13, 1953PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.

The defendant placed the property of the plaintiff in its 194'5 grand list at $1,242,102. On appeal to the board of tax review, this figure was confirmed. The property was taxable at its “fair market value” in the defendant town under General Statutes, §1759 (formerly Cum. Sup. 1935, §366c). The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, which reduced the assessment to $720,000. The defendant appealed from this judgment. It attacked the finding, the conclusions and several of the rulings made.

The defendant states in its brief that sixty-one paragraphs of the draft finding “were, it is…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
  2. Wray v. Fairfield Amusement Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
  3. Andrews v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
  4. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
  5. Cohn v. City & Town of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Lavieri v. UlyssesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
  2. National Folding Box Co. v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
  3. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  4. State v. DesimoneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  5. New Haven Water Co. v. Board of Tax ReviewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974

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