Jones v. Ætna Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a scire-facias in a process of foreign attachment, setting forth a judgment obtained by the plaintiff against Francis Baby, an absent and absconding debtor, before the county court of Hartford county, on the second Tuesday of November, 1838, in an action of assumpsit on a promissory note. The defendants pleaded, that at the time the copy of the original writ was left in service with them, they were not indebted to said Francis Baby ; on which issue was joined.
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This was a scire-facias in a process of foreign attachment, setting forth a judgment obtained by the plaintiff against Francis Baby, an absent and absconding debtor, before the county court of Hartford county, on the second Tuesday of November, 1838, in an action of assumpsit on a promissory note. The defendants pleaded, that at the time the copy of the original writ was left in service with them, they were not indebted to said Francis Baby ; on which issue was joined. The cause was tried at Hartford, September term, 1841, before Storrs, J. On the trial, it was not denied, that if the…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch.(a) The facts admitted, or proved, in this case, seem to render it unnecessary to go over all the ground which has been tra^rsed in this case. All the transactions in question, except the insurance and subsequent proceedings, took place in a foreign country, in reference to the laws of that country, by citizens of that country, and, of course, are to be governed by the laws of that country. This has not been denied. We waive, therefore, the discussion of the question as to the doctrine of separate property in the wife, and how far the case of Dibble v. Hutton, or rather, some of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dyett v. North American Coal Co.New York Supreme Court · 1838
- Beebee v. RobertNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Bishop v. HolcombSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1835
- Marcy v. KinneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1832
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- Muller v. . EnoNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Shilkret v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Atlas S. S. Co. v. Colombian Land Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1900
- Murphy v. HutchinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Rounsaville v. . Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
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