Park Ecclesiastical Society v. City of Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an assessment of benefits in the laying out and construction of a sewer by the city of Hartford, taken to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas, under the, proyisions of the city charter. Facts found by a committee, a re-assessment made, and the case reserved for advice. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The common council of the city of Hartford constructed a sewer through High street and assessed the cost thereof upon the persons especially benefited thereby. Several parties appealed to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas, a committee was appointed who heard all the appeals and reported the facts and his doings to the judge, and the judge accepted the report and reserved the question as to the proper judgment to be rendered thereon for the advice of this court.
It appears that in 1854 a sewer was constructed through a portion of High street, the cost of which was assessed upon the parties…
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