Legal Opinion

City of Waterbury v. Schmitz

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 17, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Suit for the foreclosure of a lien for an assessment of benefits from the construction of a sewer; brought to the District Court of Waterbury. Demurrer to complaint; demurrer sustained, (Bradstreet, J.,') and appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

This is a suit to foreclose a lien for benefits assessed against the defendant for sewer improvements.

The first paragraph of the complaint alleges that “the board of sewer commissioners of said city of Waterbury, under and by authority of the charter and ordinances of said city, did, on the 22d day of December, 1886, make an assessment for seWer purposes in the sum of seventy-five dollars and twentj^-two cents upon the defendant by reason of his owning certain lands fronting on Jeffrey Alley in said city, to wit: (describing the land). Paragraph four alleges another assessment of ninety-three…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. Town of PloverWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Overshiner v. JonesIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Moore v. ClineIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Durbin v. PlattoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. City of Hartford v. Faith Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  2. City of Hartford v. PoindexterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
  3. Town of Cromwell v. SavageSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
  4. Memphis Land & Timber Co. v. St. Francis Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
  5. Town of Westport v. Bossert Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1973

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