Douglas v. Chapin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff as executrix of Henry Douglas. The declaration contained two special counts and the common counts for work and labor, and money paid.
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Assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff as executrix of Henry Douglas. The declaration contained two special counts and the common counts for work and labor, and money paid. The portion of the writ describing the defendant was as follows : “By authority of the state of Connecticut you are hereby commanded to attach &c. the goods or estate of M. W. Chapin & Co., a firm doing business in said Hartford, and consisting of Merrick W. Chapin, and them summon to appear before the superior court, &c.” The plural term “ defendants ” was used throughout the declaration. The plaintiff claimed to recover for…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The defendant in this case moves in arrest for the insufficiency of the declaration, and there is also a motion for a new trial, founded on exceptions to the charge of the court, and to the rulings of the court in respect to the admission of evidence; and also on the ground that the verdict is manifestly against the evidence in the case.
The motion in arrest is founded upon the supposition that the suit is brought against a copartnership by the copartnership name, without naming with sufficient certainty the parties who compose the copartnership; and also on the ground that it appears upon the…
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