Mathews v. Livingston
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an alleged forcible seizure and detention of household goods belonging to the plaintiff, for wrongfully evicting her from rooms hired by her in the defendants’ house, and for assaulting and beating her, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Coats, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $474, and appeal by the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Mrs. Livingston, one of the defendants, lived with her husband, the other defendant, in a house owned by her, in which she conducted a lodging-house and rented to the plaintiff, Mrs. Mathews, two rooms for $2.50 a week, in place of the regular rate of $4. The plaintiff furnished her rooms, getting her own meals and taking the entire care of the rooms, in which she stored her furniture. She continued in their occupancy for sixteen days. She claimed that she had paid part of the rent due in cash and part in work, and that Mrs. Livingston had discharged her from further obligation therefor, and…
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