Connecticut College for Women v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Applications for the appointment of appraisers to estimate damages arising from the taking of land for the purposes of the plaintiff as an educational corporation, brought to and heard together by the Hon. Joel H. Reed, a judge of the Superior Court, who, after a full hearing, appointed appraisers, from which action the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The defendants by their plea in abatement to the jurisdiction attempted to raise the question of Judge Reed’s authority to act in this matter while the Superior Court was in session for criminal business, in the county where the action arose.
The statute permits an application of this kind to be brought before a judge of the Superior Court only when that court is not in session within the county. It (General Statutes, § 4106) provides that the application may be preferred to the Superior Court held in the county, “or, if said court is not in session, to either judge thereof.” This being a…
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