Legal Opinion
McKinney v. Town of Coventry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 13, 1979PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
On February 23, 1961, William A. McKinney and Dorothy M. McKinney, the parents of the plaintiff David A. McKinney, acquired approximately 234 acres of land in Coventry known as “The McKinney Farm.” Public Act No. 490, enacted by the 1963 General Assembly, provided for a reduced property tax rate for land which the municipal tax assessor determined eligible for classification as farmland, forest land or open space land. Pursuant to that legislation, William A. McKinney obtained farmland classification for approximately 230 acres of the property on the Coventry tax lists for the years 1968,…
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