Schoonmaker v. Albertson & Douglass Machine Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application to open a judgment rendered by default in the Superior Court; heard before Hovey, J. The following facts were found by the court. The judgment which- the petitioner , asked the court to set aside, was rendered in an action of general indebitatus assumpsit for work done and money paid, laid out and expended by the respondents, who were plaintiffs in the action, in making repairs on a steam dredge of which the petitioner was the owner.
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Application to open a judgment rendered by default in the Superior Court; heard before Hovey, J. The following facts were found by the court. The judgment which- the petitioner , asked the court to set aside, was rendered in an action of general indebitatus assumpsit for work done and money paid, laid out and expended by the respondents, who were plaintiffs in the action, in making repairs on a steam dredge of which the petitioner was the owner. The petitioner and one Sidney E. Shelbourne were, originally, the defendants in the action,' and the damages demanded were twenty thousand dollars.…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an application in the Superior Court to open a default and allow the petitioner to defend a suit originally brought against himself and one Shelbourne. The service on Shelbourne was irregular and defective. The suit was in court ten terms. Neither defendant entered an appearance on the docket. Other suits were pending between the same parties, and other suits were pending against the defendants prosecuted by other plaintiffs. In all those suits the defendants appeared by attorney and the appeai*ance was entered on the docket. While the suits were pending motions were made for bonds…
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