MCKINNEY v. COVENTRY


176 Conn. 613 (1979)

DAVID A. MCKINNEY ET AL. v. TOWN OF COVENTRY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Breslau, with whom was Joel M. Fain, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Abbot B. Schwebel, with whom was Joseph J. Kristan, Jr., for the appellees (defendants).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and PETERS, JS.


COTTER, C. J.

On February 23, 1961, William A. McKinney and Dorothy M. McKinney, the parents of the plaintiff David A. McKinney, acquired approximately 234 acres of land in Coventry known as "The McKinney Farm." Public Act No. 490, enacted by the 1963 General Assembly, provided for a reduced property tax rate for land which the municipal tax assessor determined eligible for classification as farmland, forest land or open...

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