Farrel v. Town of Derby
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit for an injunction, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The allegations of the complaint were as follows :— “1st. The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the town of Derby.—2d.
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Shit for an injunction, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The allegations of the complaint were as follows :— “1st. The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the town of Derby.—2d. On the 30th day of November, 1888, the plaintiffs, together with many others, brought their petition to the General Assembly of this state, at its January session, 1889, and a resolution was introduced into said Assembly, praying that the portion of said town of Derby known as the borough of Ansonia, together with outlying districts, as more fully appears by said petition and resolution, be set…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a complaint by certain residents and tax-payers of the town of Derby, praying for an injunction restraining the defendants from paying the charges of counsel, and other expenses, incurred in defending against the petition for the incorporation of the town of Ansonia.
The controversy arises mainly under the fifth paragraph *243of the complaint and the fourth paragraph of the answer. The former is as follows:—
“ The defendants have already wrongfully and illegally paid money from the treasui-y of said town, and threaten and intend to wrongfully and illegally pay additional sums of money from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Valentine v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
- Goodwin v. Town of East HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
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