Carroll v. Weaver
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover balance of contract price for the construction of a schooner, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and tried to the court, Slmmway, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant and appeal by tbe plaintiff, Carroll, for alleged errors in tbe rulings of tbe court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
On the 10th of January, 1891, one William E. Hunt agreed to build a schooner for the defendant Weaver, for which the latter agreed to pay Hunt twenty-five thousand dollars. The vessel was completed according to the contract, and accepted by Weaver on the 22d of October, 1891. On the 19th of December of the same year the plaintiff was appointed trustee in insolvency of Hunt, and the present suit by him, as such trustee, was brought March 18th, 1892.
In his complaint the plaintiff alleged that defendant had paid Hunt up to October 20th, 1891, on account of the contract price of said vessel,…
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