Morey v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of trespass and trover to recover damages for certain articles of personal property alleged to have been forcibly taken from the possession of the plaintiffs by the defendants’ testator, and to have been converted by him; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; judgment of non-suit rendered by the court upon the defendants’ motion, after the plaintiffs had introduced their evidence, and appeal by the…
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Action in the nature of trespass and trover to recover damages for certain articles of personal property alleged to have been forcibly taken from the possession of the plaintiffs by the defendants’ testator, and to have been converted by him; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Thayer, J.; judgment of non-suit rendered by the court upon the defendants’ motion, after the plaintiffs had introduced their evidence, and appeal by the plaintiffs. In this court, as the case was called for argument, the appellees moved to dismiss upon the ground that no…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
At a former term of this court, upon an appeal by the defendants in this case, a new trial was granted. Morey v. Hoyt, 62 Conn., 542. Before the case came on again for trial in the court below, the complaint was amended by adding a third count, alleging in substance, that in June, 1882, the plaintiffs were the owners and possessors of the property described in the complaint, and that on or about the 24th of that month, Hoyt, the original defendant in the case, unlawfully took said property from the plaintiffs and without their authority converted the same to his own use. The answer to this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morey v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Bulkley v. DolbeareSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1828
- Ashmead v. KelloggSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1854
- Webster v. PeckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
3Cited by10 opinions
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Nielsen v. Board of Appeals on ZoningSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Daly v. FiskSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Jefferson v. KarpowiczConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
- Town of New Britain v. Mariners Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
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