Brainard v. Town of Colchester
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, to recover back the amount of a tax laid by the town of Colchester, and which the plaintiff had been compelled to pay, on certain land within that town, claimed by him to be exempt from taxation. The case was reserved by the superior court, on facts found, for the advice of this court. The facts areBsufficieutly stated in the opinion.
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Assumpsit, to recover back the amount of a tax laid by the town of Colchester, and which the plaintiff had been compelled to pay, on certain land within that town, claimed by him to be exempt from taxation. The case was reserved by the superior court, on facts found, for the advice of this court. The facts areBsufficieutly stated in the opinion. The statute of 1702, under which the plaintiff claimed the land to be exempt, is as follows: “ That all such lands, tenements, hereditaments and other estates, that either formerly have been or hereafter shall be given and granted, either by the…
1Opinion of the CourtDutton, J.
In this case a tax was levied by the town of Colchester on land which had in 1774 been devised to the Eirst Ecclesiastical Society in Colchester, in conformity with the provisions of the statute of 1702. In 1804 the society *409made a lease of it to Daniel Taylor for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, in consideration of seven hundred and twenty-five pounds; the lessee covenanting to keep a barn on the premises in good and tenantable repair, which covenant has been kept. The property has since been conveyed in fee-simple, and came as such into the hands of the defendant. The consideration money…
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