Legal Opinion
McGinnis v. Grant
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 15, 1875PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Trespass on the case, for fraudulently contracting a debt; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Granger, J. Yerdict for the plaintiff, and motion for a new trial by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
Several questions are made in the motion *78for a new trial in this case, hut they were all substantially abandoned in the argument, except one, which is thus stated in the motion:
“ Upon the trial the defendant offered as a witness one Martin Y. Chapman, of Philadelphia, who testified regarding certain important facts which were in issue. Afterwards Chapman stated to D. S. Calhoun, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, that the statements which he had made in court were false, and that he had been hired by the defendant to make them; and he thereupon made affidavit that the statements were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hedge v. ClappSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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