City of Hartford v. Maslen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the erection of a soldiers’ memorial*upon land designated for that purpose by the State, but alleged to be owned by the plaintiff, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Roraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Suit to restrain the erection of a soldiers’ memorial*upon land designated for that purpose by the State, but alleged to be owned by the plaintiff, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Roraback, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff. This action involves the right of the State, under a resolution of the General Assembly and without authority from the plaintiff, to cause a certain memorial, commemorative of the services rendered by the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery in the Civil War, consisting of a famous mortar…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Apparently no deed or written conveyance of any kind has ever been given to the State, of any right, title or interest in or to either the tract described in the complaint, or to the land purchased from the trustees of Trinity College upon which the State-house now stands.
The right of the State to use the tract upon which the memorial in question is intended to be placed, and the extent of the control which the State may properly exercise over that tract, which are the only questions with which we are at present concerned, can only be determined from the facts above stated, showing the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- People ex rel. Bryant v. HolladayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Whitney v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Evergreen Cemetery Ass'n v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. McMullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Williams v. . GallatinNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Higginson v. Treasurer & School House CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Town of Winchester v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Brown v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Ackeret v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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