Holtman v. Bureau of Pub. Works, Metropolitan

Prompted by an abundant spirit of public charity, the late Elizabeth Colt, through the terms of her last will and testament, devised to the City of Hartford a very considerable tract of land, which, through development and improvement, has been converted into a spacious municipal park, housing modern recreational facilities. The land thus devised is "to be held forever for park purposes only." Approximately 1,000 feet of this land, located at the so-called rear of Colt's Park, is bounded on the south by Curcombe Street and, in the broad sense, may be said to be the basis of this present…