Trumbull v. O'Hara
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of a promissory note, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Litchfield County and tried to the jury, before Arthur I). Warner, J.; judgment of nonsuit rendered upon motion of the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. In connection with the appeal the plaintiff filed an application to amend and correct the record, which was granted. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrahce, J.
This is an appeal from the decision of the. Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield county, in refusing to> set aside a nonsuit; and also, upon the record as amended by this court, from certain rulings made before the nonsuit was granted.
In the court below, after the plaintiff had rested his case, the defendant made a motion for a nonsuit, on three grounds, namely: that the evidence showed that the suit had been prematurely brought; that it failed to show that any consideration had been given for the note in suit, or that the plaintiff had any title thereto. Thereupon the plaintiff’s counsel made…
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