Hill v. City of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Applications in the nature of appeals from an assessment of special benefits for a public improvement, brought to and tried together by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming the assessment as originally made, in one case with a substantial reduction, from which the respective plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
An examination of the charter of the city of Waterbury granting the right of appeal, shows that “any party who shall feel aggrieved by any act of the board of aldermen or of any department may, within twenty days after the doing of the act by which he claims to be aggrieved, appeal from said action to the Superior Court in and for New Haven county at its next regular return day, or next but one, after the date of said appeal; provided, he give notice thereof to said city by leaving a copy of said appeal with the city clerk, or at his usual place of abode, within twenty days after the doing of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ferris v. . HardNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Ives v. Town of GoshenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Washburn Crosby Co. v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Bowditch v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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- Citizens Ass'n v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Second North School District Appeal From Board of Street CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917