Deveau v. Skidmore
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Covenant beoken, with counts for money paid, &c., brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County. The writ contained no ad damnum clause, and the court ([Beers, J.,') upon motion of the defendant ordered the case erased from the docket. The plaintiff filed a motion in error. The case is more fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPakdee, J.
The pleader sets forth in his declaration that the defendant conveyed a piece of land to the plaintiff by a deed in which he covenanted that the same was free from in'cumbrance, when in fact there were then upon it tax liens to remove which the plaintiff paid $277. Counts were added for $300 money had and received, money lent and advanced, &c.; but he omitted to insert the ad damnum clause. The writ was duly served, returned and entered upon the docket of the Court of Common Pleas, from which it was erased for want of jurisdiction apparent upon the record. The plaintiff filed a motion in…
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