Ives v. Finch
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a judgment. The judgment had been, rendered by the superior court, at its term in the county of New Haven, in October, 1852, and was for costs taxed in favor of the present plaintiff, upon the reversal, by the superior court, of a previous judgment of the county court in favor of the present defendant.
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Debt on a judgment. The judgment had been, rendered by the superior court, at its term in the county of New Haven, in October, 1852, and was for costs taxed in favor of the present plaintiff, upon the reversal, by the superior court, of a previous judgment of the county court in favor of the present defendant. The action on which the judgment had been rendered by the county court had been entered in the superior court, after the reversal, under the provisions of the statute on that subject, and was pending in the latter court at the time when the present action was brought. The defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
*Sanfok.d, J.
In the case of Finch v. Ives, 24 [ *114 ] Conn., 387, this court decided that the original judgment on which this suit was brought was a final judgment. And in the case of Dennison v. Williams, 4 Conn., 402, it was determined that an action of debt on judgment may be brought at any time, and that no reason for bringing it, other than the non-payment of the judgment, need be stated in the declaration.
In the face of these decisions, it is difficult to .understand how the claim of the plaintiff in error, that the suit was prematurely commenced, can be sustained.
If it be true, as he…
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