Sec. 12-582. Appeal. Costs. Lack of probable cause. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-582. Appeal. Costs. Lack of probable cause. Any taxpayer aggrieved because of any order, decision, determination or disallowance of the tax collector of the municipality under the provisions of this chapter may, within one month after service upon the taxpayer of notice of such order, decision, determination or disallowance, take an appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district in which such municipality is located, which shall be accompanied by a citation to such tax collector to appear before said court. Such citation shall be signed by the same authority, and such appeal shall be returnable at the same time and served and returned in the same manner, as is required in case of summons in a civil action. Such appeals shall be preferred cases to be heard, unless cause appears to the contrary, at the first session by the court or by a committee appointed by it. Said court may grant such relief as may be equitable and, if such tax has been paid prior to the granting of such relief, may order the municipality to pay the amount of such relief, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, to the aggrieved taxpayer. If the appeal has been taken without probable cause, the court may tax double or triple costs, as the case demands; and, upon all such appeals which may be denied, costs may be taxed against the appellant at the discretion of the court, but no costs shall be taxed against the municipality.

      (P.A. 74-308, S. 4; P.A. 76-436, S. 480, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127.)

      History: P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties.