Gregory v. Sherman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a recognizance upon a writ of replevin; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County. The case was tried to the court, on the- general issue, before JDe Forest, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence, to prove the taking of the recognizance of the defendants, the original writ of replevin in which the recognizance was claimed to have been taken.
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Debt on a recognizance upon a writ of replevin; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County. The case was tried to the court, on the- general issue, before JDe Forest, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence, to prove the taking of the recognizance of the defendants, the original writ of replevin in which the recognizance was claimed to have been taken. The plaintiff obtained the writ among the files of the Court of Common Pleas, to which it was returnable. The defendant in that suit, now the plaintiff, had obtained judgment in the action by nonsuit for costs and…
1Opinion of the Court
Carpenter, X
This is an action on a recognizance claimed to have been entered into by the defendants on suing out a writ of replevin by .one of them. On the trial in the Court of Common Pleas the defendants denied that they ever .entered into the recognizance, and when a certificate thereof was offered in evidence objected to its admission. The court thereupon went into an inquiry and heard parol evidence* .(what it was does not distinctly appear,) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the certificate was a record and admissible in eviden.ce. Upon such hearing the court held and .decided…
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