Hopkins v. Metropolitan District

This is an action to settle the title to a lot of land owned by the plaintiff in West Hartford. The defendant in its answer claims an interest in the property by reason of a lien for laying a water main, which was filed against a considerable tract of land of which the plaintiff’s lot was then a part. This lien was filed by the board of water commissioners of the city of Hartford, of which the defendant is the successor as regards furnishing a water supply in Hartford and West Hartford. The stipulation of facts refers to another similar lien filed by the board; but that lien has been…