Gregory v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for relief from an assessment of benefits from the widening of a street in tbe defendant city; brought to the Court of Common Pleas. Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The question in this case grows out of the provisions of the charter of the city of Bridgeport relating to the laying out of streets and highways within the city. The 31st section of the charter gives the common council authority, as they shall judge needful, to lay out new highways, and other public improvements and alterations of the same. The 32d section provides for notice to all parties interested and a hearing upon any proposed improvement. The 33d section, upon which the question in the present case arises, is as follows: “ If after such hearing the common council shall resolve to lay…
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