St. Bridget Convent Corp. v. Town of Milford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application in the nature of an appeal from the refusal of the board of relief of the town of Milford to strike out certain items of real estate added by the assessors to the plaintiff’s tax list, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Hob comb, Jfacts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and appeal by the town of Milford. Error in part. The plaintiff is a corporation without capital stock, located in the town of Milford.
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Application in the nature of an appeal from the refusal of the board of relief of the town of Milford to strike out certain items of real estate added by the assessors to the plaintiff’s tax list, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Hob comb, Jfacts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and appeal by the town of Milford. Error in part. The plaintiff is a corporation without capital stock, located in the town of Milford. Its corporate purposes, as stated in the articles of association, are: “To assist each other, to minister to the spiritual wants of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The case turns on the sufficiency of the pleadings and findings to support the judgment, and upon the construction to be given to § 2315 of the General Statutes as amended by chapter 184 of the Public Acts of 1911 (p. 1458), the material portion of which is as follows: “The following property shall be exempt from taxation: All property belonging to the United States, or this State; buildings, with their appurtenances, belonging to any county, town, city, or borough; buildings or portions of buildings exclusively occupied as colleges, academies, churches, public schoolhouses, or infirmaries…
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