Legal Opinion

Hart v. Goldsmith

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 27, 1883PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Action for goods sold; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried to the court before Torrance, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for tlie defendant. Appeal by the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

The defendant, being a married woman, contracted with H. W. Smith & Co., whose claim the plaintiff holds by assignment, that they should furnish her son, a married man and living with his family apart from his mother, with groceries, upon her promise to pay for them. She had at that time no property, but afterwards, by the death, of her husband, became entitled to a part of his estate. The groceries were furnished upon her credit, and, not having been paid for, this suit was brought. The court below rendered judgment for the defendant and the plaintiff appealed.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Town of Cheshire v. Town of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Neptune Park Assn. v. SteinbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  2. Corr's Appeal From CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
  3. Hall v. Meriden Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Piccinim v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
  5. Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893

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