Legal Opinion

Bulkley v. Morgan

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided October 15, 1878PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Trover for a quantity of goods; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice, before Sail, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and motion in error by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.

It is found in this case that one Brennan purchased the goods in question of the plaintiff by fraud. The plaintiff discovered the fraud a few days after, and immediately commenced an action of assumpsit against Brennan for the value of the goods, and attached the property which had been sold to secure the claim. The action was brought to the City Court of Bridgeport, to be held on the first Tuesday of September, 1877. Soon after the bringing of the plaintiff’s suit the defendants, Morgan & Hopson, brought a suit against Brennan, and attached the same property. At the September term of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Masson v. BovetCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
  2. Kimball v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kearney Milling & Elevator Co. v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Johnson-Brinkman Commission Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
  3. Frederickson v. NyeOhio Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Grizzard v. FiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Mollring v. MollringSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918

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