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ABBOTT v. BRISTOL

167 Conn. 143 (1974)

ROBERT O. ABBOTT ET AL. v. CITY OF BRISTOL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Laska, city attorney, for the appellant (defendant).

Maxwell Heiman, with whom, on the brief, was William J. Eddy, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

HOUSE, C. J., COTTER, LOISELLE, MACDONALD and BOGDANSKI, JS.

COTTER, J.

In 1957, the plaintiffs purchased an eleven-room, colonial wood-frame house in the Federal Hill area of Bristol, located in a residence A zone which includes several of the city's outstanding homes and grounds. At the time of purchase, the plaintiffs were aware that the city owned land adjoining their property on the north and west, also zoned residence A, and that their land was subject to certain rights and easements in the city "and/or" its board of...

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