Nichols v. City of Ansonia
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for services rendered as a civil engineer, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County where the court, Wolfe, J., upon the defendant’s failure to satisfy it that a bona fide defense would be made, and upon its neglect to file an answer, rendered judgment for the plaintiff, from which Stephen Charters, a citizen and taxpayer of the defendant city who had entered an appearance for the defendant, appealed.
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Action to recover for services rendered as a civil engineer, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County where the court, Wolfe, J., upon the defendant’s failure to satisfy it that a bona fide defense would be made, and upon its neglect to file an answer, rendered judgment for the plaintiff, from which Stephen Charters, a citizen and taxpayer of the defendant city who had entered an appearance for the defendant, appealed. In this court the plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal. Motion denied. It appears from the printed record that in the latter part of the year 1906 the…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
Did the trial court err in recognizing Robert L. Munger, the corporation counsel of the defendant city, as the authorized agent and attorney of the defendant for determining whether or not the defendant should file an answer to the complaint and attempt to make a defense to the action, and in refusing to recognize Messrs. Walsh and McCarthy, attorneys, as having any authority from the defendant by which they were entitled, as its agents and attorneys, to supersede the authority of its corporation counsel, or by filing an answer without his consent, against his directions, and for the purpose…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Jennings v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Beardsley v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Kinne v. Town of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
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