Legal Opinion

County of New Haven v. Parish of Trinity Church

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 20, 1909PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Condemnation Peoceedings for land for the site of a county court-house, brought before the Hon. Edwin B. Gager, a judge of the Superior Court, and reserved by him, upon the facts stated in the report of the committee, for the advice of this court.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Upon the complaint of the county of New Haven, brought under §§ 4105, 4106 and 4107 of the General Statutes, alleging that said county had voted to take certain described premises, belonging to the parish of Trinity. Church of New Haven, for the site of a county courthouse, and that the county commissioners were unable to agree with the owner upon the amount to be paid for said land, a judge of the Superior Court appointed a committee to ascertain the value of said land and assess just damages to the- owner. The committee reported the value of the land to be $58,000, and that “said sum should…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Scovill v. McMahonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Town of Winchester v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  2. United States v. 1119.15 Acres of LandDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1942
  3. Pitts v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  4. Ink v. City of CantonOhio Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Estado Libre Asociado v. Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961

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