Stillman v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for breach of a contract to use leased premises as a bakery, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled, one to the second defense of the answer was sustained (Thayer, In this court the appellees filed a plea in abatement to so much of the appeal as assigned error upon the part of the trial court in refusing to set aside the verdict, upon the ground that no appeal was taken from such refusal…
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Action to recover damages for breach of a contract to use leased premises as a bakery, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled, one to the second defense of the answer was sustained (Thayer, In this court the appellees filed a plea in abatement to so much of the appeal as assigned error upon the part of the trial court in refusing to set aside the verdict, upon the ground that no appeal was taken from such refusal within six days after the entry of judgment. Plea sustained.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This case was tried to the jury upon the issues as they appear in the record. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs to recover the sum of $1,900. The defendants thereupon moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence ; the trial judge denied the motion February 19th, 1907, and this denial furnishes the ground of the tenth reason of appeal.
The plaintiffs filed a plea in abatement to the appeal from this denial, on the ground that it was not taken till March 22d, 1907, and not within six .days after entry of judgment upon the verdict. To this plea the…
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