Hassett v. Carroll
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for slander and libel, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $4,000, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for slander and libel, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $4,000, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff, a resident of Wallingford in this State, is a member of the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church of that place; he has for many years been a member of the Central School district committee of Wallingford, and been engaged in the retail coal business in that town. The defendant is a Roman Catholic priest, and is the pastor of said church. On Sunday, the 12th of…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
Of the numerous reasons of appeal assigned in the record, we shall consider only those discussed in the defendant’s brief.
The first of these relates to the interpretation placed by the trial court upon § 1368 of the General Statutes, which reads as follows: “Every person who, being a trustee, or officer, of any institution receiving aid from the state, shall furnish supplies, or be interested in any contract for furnishing supplies to such institution, unless he be the lowest bidder for such supplies, or for such contract, after open competition, shall be fined fifty dollars.”
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Burt v. Advertiser Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Bulkeley v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Atwater v. Morning News Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Hanna v. SweeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Ogden v. RaymondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Petyan v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Moriarty v. LippeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Cahill v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Miles v. PerryConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Charles Parker Co. v. Silver City Crystal Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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