Gohld Realty Co. v. Hartford

This reservation poses the whether the Connecticut Redevelopment Act, chapter 55 of the General Statutes as amended by 383c-390c of the 1953 Cumulative Supplement, is unconstitutional. The stipulated facts out of which this controversy arises are the following: On April 24, 1950, the common council of the city of Hartford adopted the provisions of the Redevelopment Act and created a redevelopment agency. Arrangements were then made with the United States in accordance with the provisions of title 1 of the federal Housing Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 414, 42 U.S.C. § 1451 [Sup. 5, 1952]) whereby the federal government has undertaken to make certain financial grants in aid of the execution of the redevelopment plan hereinafter described with the result that the federal government will [141 Conn. 138]