Legal Opinion
Alsop v. White
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 15, 1878PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Assumpsit on a promissory note ; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court, on a special plea in bar, before Culver, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and motion in error by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtVaedee, J.
In May, 1876, Alsop & Clark instituted this *500action of assumpsit in the Superior Court for Hartford County against William S. White, and by way of security attached a quantity of lumber belonging to him. Of this the officer permitted him to resume possession upon the delivery of the following receipt:
“Received of Homer T. Bissell, deputy sheriff of the county of Hartford, fifty thousand feet of clear lumber, and fifty thousand feet of second clear lumber, all which is this day attached as the property of William S. White, at the suit of Alsop & Clark against said William S. White; as per writ…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parks v. SheldonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Gray v. BrackenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- In re SchowDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1914
- Denny v. MerrifieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880