Loomis v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services as a surveyor and civil engineer, brought to the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford County and tried to the jury before (Jase, J.; the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which the court, upon motion of the defendants, set aside and granted a new trial, from which action of the court the plaintiff appealed for alleged error.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiff brought his action against the defendants in the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Hartford. In his complaint and in his bill of particulars he alleged that they were jointly indebted to him in the amount therein stated, and claimed a joint judgment therefor. The defendants denied their liability. The case was tried to a jury and the plaintiff had a verdict. The judge refused to accept the verdict and returned the jury to a second and a third consideration, and then accepted it as it is recorded. The court then upon motion set aside the verdict and ordered a new trial. From…
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