Hunter Appeal from Doings of the Board of Sewer Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal of sundry owners of land in Enfield from assessments for “ betterments and benefits ” made against them by the Board of Sewer Commissioners of School District No. 2, in the town of Enfield, “ as to their use of certain sewers on Main ” and other streets in that district. The appeal was taken to Ron.
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Appeal of sundry owners of land in Enfield from assessments for “ betterments and benefits ” made against them by the Board of Sewer Commissioners of School District No. 2, in the town of Enfield, “ as to their use of certain sewers on Main ” and other streets in that district. The appeal was taken to Ron. David S. Calhoun, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford County, under authority of 10 Special Laws, 1109, and 12 Special Laws, 314, and finally disposed of by a judgment rendered by his successor in office, jRon. William S. Case, setting the assessments aside; from which the board…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
A thickly populated portion of the town of Enfield is embraced within the limits of school district No. 2. In view of this, the General Assembly, in 1889 (10 Special Laws, 1109), gave the district power to construct, maintain, and repair sewers in those limits, and to assess the cost of construction upon the persons or land that might be benefited. An appeal to the judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford county was given to any person aggrieved by any such assessment, “ by a suitable petition in writing setting forth the whole of said . . . assessment appealed from, and asking for a .…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Teal v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Ives v. Town of GoshenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Shepard v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Park Ecclesiastical Society v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
3Cited by12 opinions
- Nowak v. NowakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Scott v. ScottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Grover Irrigation & Land Co. v. Lovella Ditch, Reservoir & Irrigation Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1913
- Montanaro v. PandolfiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
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