Johnston v. City of Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to secure an adjudication of the invalidity of a street-paving assessment aud of a lien filed by the city therefor, brought to and reserved by the City Court of Hartford, Bullard, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurpee, J.
In this reservation the advice of this court is desired upon the issues of law raised by the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint. The principal admitted facts are that in the summer of 1919 the city of Hartford, without petition therefor, caused to be paved with asphalt a part of a street within its original limits, called Wethersfield Avenue, not exceeding four miles in length, in addition to pavement petitioned for by property owners. Two thirds of the cost of this pavement was assessed upon property abutting on the line of the improvement, and one third upon the city itself to be paid…
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