City of Bridgeport v. Housatonuc Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN error. This was an action of debt on bond, brought originally by The Housatonuc Rail-Road Company against The City of Bridgeport, before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the county court.
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IN error. This was an action of debt on bond, brought originally by The Housatonuc Rail-Road Company against The City of Bridgeport, before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the county court. In the latter court, the defendants pleaded Non est factum ; on which issue was joined, and closed to the court; and on that issue the cause was tried, at Fairfield, December term, 1842. The plaintiffs, to prove that the instrument declared on was the act and deed of the defendants, offered the following evidence. 1. “ Bridgeport City six per cent, stock loan. “No. 67. For 150,000 Dollars. “ Know…
1Opinion of the CourtCumscn, J.
The Unusual practical importance of some of the questions involved in this case, and the zeal and ability With which they have been discussed, have demanded and *493received from us an investigation as deliberate and mature as the performance of our other duties have enabled us to And the result has been, a clear opinion, that the documents offered by the original plaintiffs in the countv court, were , J , , , , ’ / that court properly admitted m evidence, as material upon the issue joined in the case.
The action is brought to recover the interest upon a bond executed by the city of Bridgeport,…
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