McDonald v. Ward
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for work done and materials furnished in repairing a barn; brought, by appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the court before Studley, J. Judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant on the ground of an amendment of the complaint allowed by the court, which is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This action was brought to recover for labor and materials furnished by the plaintiffs at the request of the defendant in repairing a barn belonging to the estate of Patrick Ward, deceased. The defendant was a son of the deceased, and administrator of his estate, but nothing was said to the plaintiffs as to the person to whom the labor and materials should be charged. The suit was first brought against the defendant in his capacity as administrator, but, upon the trial, the defendant claimed that he was not liable as administrator, but only in his individual capacity, if at all. Thereupon the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hilton v. OsgoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
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- Griggs v. NadeauCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
- Hannum v. JeromeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1911
- In re GriggsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Andrews v. PlattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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