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LEONARD BUILDING CORPORATION v. NEW BRITAIN

146 Conn. 681 (1959)

THE LEONARD BUILDING CORPORATION v. CITY OF NEW BRITAIN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 31, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valentine J. Sacco, with whom were Jerome I. Walsh and, on the brief, George J. Coyle, corporation counsel, for the appellant (defendant).

John J. Kenny, with whom were Samuel H. Aron and, on the brief, Israel Nair, for the appellee (plaintiff).

DALY, C. J., BALDWIN, KING, MURPHY and MELLITZ, JS.

MELLITZ, J.

The plaintiff owned property at 300 Main Street in New Britain. Following a revaluation of real estate in the city pursuant to what is now § 12-62 of the 1958 Revision, the board of assessors valued the plaintiff's property at $960,441 and assessed it at 60 per cent of its value, or $576,260. The practice of assessing property at a percentage of its value was held illegal in E. Ingraham Co. v. Bristol, 144 Conn. 374...

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