Wilcox v. Downing
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the value of certain wood and lumber alleged to have been cut and converted by the defendants, also the agreed price of a boiler and engine sold to them, brought, by an assignee of the claims, to the Court of Common Pleas in New London County and tried to the jury before Waller, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The complaint in this action contained two counts. In the first count the plaintiff sought to recover upon an express a'gieement that Calvin Wilcox, her assignor, should have one half the value of timber cut on his land and sold by the defendants. The second count was for an alleged sale of a steam boiler and its appurtenances. Both counts contained an allegation that the plaintiff, for a valuable consideration, was the actual, bona fide owner of the claims above set forth. These allegations were denied in the answer.
There was an application to rectify the appeal, made by the plaintiff and…
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- Estate of DowieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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