Whitney v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The plaintiffs were citizens and taxpayers of the city of New Haven, and the injunction prayed for was against the demolition and removal of a building on the public green of the city that had formerly been used as' a state house, but the interest of the state in which had bebome vested in the city, by the relinquishment to it by the state in 1876 of all its rights in the building.
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Shit for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The plaintiffs were citizens and taxpayers of the city of New Haven, and the injunction prayed for was against the demolition and removal of a building on the public green of the city that had formerly been used as' a state house, but the interest of the state in which had bebome vested in the city, by the relinquishment to it by the state in 1876 of all its rights in the building. The court of common council of the city had ordered its demolition, and had made the city auditor its agent for carrying out the order. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This action involves the validity of a vote of the court of common council of the defendant city authorizing and directing the defendant Lake, its auditor, to procure the demolition and removal of the old state house building located upon the public green in the defendant city, and the propriety of Lake’s action pursuant to such vote. The complaint sets out at great length the history of *456the location and erection of the building, the release to the city of the state’s interest therein, the use which has been made of it and to which it was adapted, the acts of the court of common council and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fellowes v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Dibble v. Town of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- Town of Westbrook's Appeal from Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
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