Legal Opinion

Decker v. Mann

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 13, 1907PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Action to recover a balance due for money loaned, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Goats, J. ; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $181, and appeal by the defendant. No error.

1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.

The only errors claimed in the appellant’s reasons of appeal are that the court erred in its charge, first, “in that it did not instruct the jury as to the legal effect of the evidence tending to show that the defendant within six years before the commencement of the action had disputed the claims of the plaintiff ” ; second, “ in that it did not instruct the jury as to the legal effect of the evidence tending to show accord and satisfaction of the plaintiff’s claim ”; and third, “ in not charging the jury as requested.”

The evidence referred to in the first assignment of error is not recited…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chase v. Waterbury Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
  2. Osborne v. TroupSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
  3. McAllin v. McAllinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
  4. Farrell v. Eastern MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
  5. New England Merchandise Co. v. MinerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Donovan v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
  2. City of Milwaukee v. AlthoffWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Holliday v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  4. Valente v. PortoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
  5. Woxland v. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911

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