Walsh v. Feustel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature' of ejectment, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Gager, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $28 damages and the possession of the real estate in question, and appeal by the defendant. This action is brought by the administrator of Margaret B. Heaney to recover possession of real estate and for damages. The complaint is in two counts, a third having been withdrawn without prejudice.
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Action in the nature' of ejectment, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Gager, Jverdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $28 damages and the possession of the real estate in question, and appeal by the defendant. This action is brought by the administrator of Margaret B. Heaney to recover possession of real estate and for damages. The complaint is in two counts, a third having been withdrawn without prejudice. The first count is in the usual form of an action of ejectment, and the second count alleges that the defendant has wrongfully entered on…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The assignments of error relate to the refusal of the court to charge that the administrator could not recover unless his decedent had both title and possession at the time of the alleged wrongful entry, nor unless she had title down to the day of her death; and to that part of the charge which in effect instructed the jury that if the deed was executed while Margaret B. Heaney was incapable or was under the undue influence of one or both of the defendants, it was void and gave the defendants no title or right of possession as against the grantor or her administrator. All these assignments of…
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