Ayer v. Ashmead
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass gu. cl.fr., brought originally before a justice of the peace and appealed by the defendant to the superior court.
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Trespass gu. cl.fr., brought originally before a justice of the peace and appealed by the defendant to the superior court. The defendant pleaded the general issue and two pleas in bar; first, that the trespass was committed by him, if at all, jointly with one John E. Grumley, and that it had since been agreed between the plaintiff and Grumley that the former should pay and the latter receive §3.50 in full satisfaction and discharge of the trespass and of all damages and costs therefor, and that the money was thereupon paid and received for that purpose; and secondly, that the plaintiff had…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
As no question was made upon the plead*451ings in this cause, it is sufficient to state that it was an action of trespass quare clausum, to which the defense was, that the trespass was committed by the defendant and one John E. Grumley, and that Grumley paid to the plaintiff three dollars and fifty cents in full for the damages and costs, which sum was accepted by the plaintiff as a satisfaction for the trespass. The plaintiff resisted this claim on the ground that he instituted two actions of trespass, one against the present defendant, and one against Grumley, and that it was only intended to…
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