Legal Opinion
Willard v. Town of West Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 7, 1949PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff has attempted to appeal to the Superior Court from a decision of the zoning board of appeals of West Hartford. The case is an apt illustration of the application of the familiar maxim about the lawyer who is his own client.
Practically everything is wrong with this appeal. The plaintiff is a commissioner of the Superior Court and himself signed the citation. This he may not do. Doolittle v. Clark, 47 Conn. 316, 320; Yudkin v. Gates, 60 Conn. 426, 428, 22 A. 776. He failed to furnish a bond with surety as required by the special law providing for the appeal. 19 Spec. Laws 937, §…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of Stamford v. Town of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Marcil v. A. H. Merriman & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- City of New Haven v. New Haven Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- O'Keefe v. Atlantic Refining Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Foss v. FossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Ardmare Construction Co. v. FreedmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- LaReau v. ReinckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- Country Lands, Inc. v. SwinnertonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Brunswick v. Inland Wetlands CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Lengel v. New Haven Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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