Meyer v. Trubee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for a foreclosure of a tax lien on certain real estate of the defendants; brought to the Waterbury District Court. The defendants demurred to the complaint and the court ( Cowell, J.) sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
On the 1st of October, 1887, the defendants, David Trubee, William E. Trubee, Frederick Trubee, George Comstock and Charles R. Willett, all of the town of Bridgeport, were the owners of a piece of land in the town of Waterbury. Their title deed was recorded in the Waterbury land records. On that day James Stout, the defendants’ agent in Waterbury, returned an assessment list to the assessors of that town, and swore to the same before one of them, in which this land was included. The list was signed “James Stout, agent.” It was the only list returned by him, and contained no other land than…
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