City of New London v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to enjoin the defendant, as tax collector of the town of Groton, from selling for taxes certain land alleged to be owned and used by the plaintiff as a public ferry-landing,, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New London County, Waller, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. No error.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The defendant in his answer admitted all the allegations of the complaint, except such as alleged that the property of the plaintiff, which the defendant endeavored to sell, was used solely for public purposes, and that the plaintiff had no adequate remedy at law, and would suffer great and irreparable injury.
The property against which the taxes were levied, and which the defendant, as tax collector, attempted to sell, was the terminus and ferry-landing of the New London ferry, situated in the town of Groton, owned by the plaintiff, and operated by a lessee of the plaintiff between the towns…
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