Allen v. Woodford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a replevin bond; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried to the jury, on a general denial, before Pardee, J. The action of replevin, in which the bond was given, was brought for a horse claimed by the plaintiff in that suit. On the trial of the present case the defendants, for the purpose of reducing the damages, offered evidence that the horse was the property of the plaintiff in the replevin suit.
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Debt on a replevin bond; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried to the jury, on a general denial, before Pardee, J. The action of replevin, in which the bond was given, was brought for a horse claimed by the plaintiff in that suit. On the trial of the present case the defendants, for the purpose of reducing the damages, offered evidence that the horse was the property of the plaintiff in the replevin suit. To this evidence the plaintiff objected and the court excluded it. The defendants also offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that the original writ of…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On the 30th day of March, 1868, George L. Rockwell, one of the defendants, sued out a writ of replevin in his favor against the plaintiff, under the 341st section of the statute with regard'to civil actions. Gen. Statutes, page 78. By virtue of this writ a horse was taken from the plaintiff and delivered to said Rockwell. The writ, through the negligence of the officer serving the same, was never returned to court, and no further action was had thereon. The bond, executed by the defendants at the time of suing out the writ, was conditioned to pay the costs in case the plaintiff in the suit…
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