Barlow Bros. Co. v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover moneys deposited with a private banking-house of which the defendant was claimed to he the surviving partner, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven Couuty and tried to the jury before Greorge W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant upon the first count and for the plaintiff upon the second, and appeal by each party for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Action to recover moneys deposited with a private banking-house of which the defendant was claimed to he the surviving partner, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven Couuty and tried to the jury before Greorge W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant upon the first count and for the plaintiff upon the second, and appeal by each party for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The first- count was for the deposits made prior to the 11th day of October, 1898, and the second for the sums deposited between that day and the 2d day of November, 1898. The main…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
It appears that the first count in the complaint was brought to recover the amount of certain deposits made by the plaintiff, prior to the death of Mr. G. S. Parsons, with the private banking-house of G. S. Parsons & Company. The court instructed the jury that inasmuch as the defendant was a married woman, married before 1877, and had never entered into any contract for the application to her or to her property of the provisions of the Public Act of that year relating to the property rights of married women, the law was so that, under the averments of that count and the evidence, she could…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McMinn v. WhelanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- Hathaway v. HemingwaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- Smith v. PhippsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Colwell v. WarnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
- FreemanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
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3Cited by15 opinions
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