Bristol v. Pitchard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a conservator, founded on a claim for moneys obtained from his ward, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, Scott, J.; judgment for defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The only exceptions pursued by the appellant relate to the refusal of a. trial by jury.
The original complaint was by a conservator, and charged the defendants with fraudulently obtaining money from the ward, by taking advantage of his mental weakness, under a trust to help him take care of it, but with the design of unlawfully appropriating it, which they afterward did. The plaintiff claimed “by way of equitable relief” several specified kinds of judgment, the last two being: “4. A money judgment for $550 damages. 5. Such other general or specific, legal and equitable relief or both-, as…
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