Legal Opinion
Metropolitan District v. Town of Barkhamsted
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 18, 1984No. 2632PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
This case involves the proper basis for assessing land owned by the plaintiff, the Metropolitan District, and used for reservoir purposes in the defendant town of Barkhamsted, on the tax assessment lists of 1979,1980, and 1981. The underlying facts are not in dispute.
The district is a specially chartered municipal corporation which owns 6628 acres of land in the town. The land consists of a reservoir and associated watershed area used to meet the needs of member towns and nonmember customers of the district. In a dispute over the tax assessment on its land, the district argued that the per…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Leete v. Griswold PostSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Hearst Corp. v. State Department of Assessments & TaxationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Shulman v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Point O'Woods Assn., Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. Lo SaccoConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Metropolitan District v. Town of BarkhamstedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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- State v. BoucherConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Demartin Prop. v. Fairfield Tn. P. Z., No. Cv96 035 52 28s (Apr. 13, 1999)Connecticut Superior Court · 1999
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