Wallace v. Middlebrook
Supreme Court of Connecticut
■Action on the case, brought to. the city court of the city of Bridgeport. The'plaintiff obtained a verdict before that court, and. the court, on-the motion of the defendant, granted a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence.
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■Action on the case, brought to. the city court of the city of Bridgeport. The'plaintiff obtained a verdict before that court, and. the court, on-the motion of the defendant, granted a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The plaintiff then filed a motion in error and brought the record before the superior court-for revision, assigning as error that the city court of the city of Bridgeport had no power .to grant a new trial for a verdict against evidence, and the case was reserved by the superior court for the advice of this court. The original case was still…
1Opinion of the CourtStorks, C. J.
The only error assigned in this case, and on which the plaintiff in error relies for the reversal of the proceedings of the city court, is, that that court granted a new trial in the original case on the ground that the verdict rendered therein was against the evidence; and the only question argued before us respects the competency of that court to grant a new trial for-that cause. It appears, however, from the record presented on this writ of error, that that case has not been re-tried in that court, and- that no proceedings have taken place in the case since the new trial £ *465 ] was ordered.…
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- Dunham v. BraimanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1793
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