Selleck v. Sugar Hollow Turnpike Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, for services rendered by the plaintiff, upon the road of the defendants. There were three counts in the declaration ; the two first special, and the third a general count for work and labour.
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This was an action of assumpsit, for services rendered by the plaintiff, upon the road of the defendants. There were three counts in the declaration ; the two first special, and the third a general count for work and labour. According to the averments in the first count, the plaintiff contracted with the defendants to make certain sections of their road and the bridges thereon, and that the same should be completed on or before the 1st day of November, 1831. The time of completing the road and bridges stated in the second count was the same as in the first count, viz. the 1st day of November,…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
1. The defendants claim, that the verdict in this case should be set aside, and a new trial granted, because one of the jurors, as they insist, was not an elector, and consequently, not duly qualified to act as a juror. Whether he was destitute of the requisite qualifications, depends upon the *459effect produced by his removal from this state. Did it destroy ... i - . , , his electoral privileges here ; or merely suspend them, he had his domicile in another state ? If the latter effect only was produced, then the juror possessed the qualifications ; but if he lost these privileges, by his…
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