Aspetuck Land Trust, Inc. v. City of Bridgeport

The plaintiff, the Aspetuck Land Trust, Inc., brought this tax appeal on June 2, 2006, alleging that the city of Bridgeport (city), through its assessor, had wrongfully denied the plaintiff a charitable exemption under General Statutes § 12-81 (7) for a tract of land known as the Great Salt Marsh Island (island). The plaintiffs complaint alleged that it owned the property on October 1, 2005, and that the assessor had determined that the property was liable for taxation for the tax year 2005. The plaintiff alleged that it was organized exclusively for charitable purposes, and one of these…