Bradley v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a replevin bond; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. A demurrer to the defendants’ answer having been sustained, as also a demurrer to his supplemental answer, the defendant suffered a default and the case was heard in damages before Prentice, J. Facts found and damages assessed at 1778.52, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
This is an action against the defendant as surety upon a replevin bond. The complaint is in the ordinary form setting out in substance the following facts.
On the first day of August, 1889, the plaintiff, as deputy sheriff, attached, as the property of William M. and Jesse Reynolds, the property described in the complaint, in a suit brought by one Swift against them. On the next day, John J. and Jane A. Murray, claiming to be the owners of the attached property, brought an action of replevin against the plaintiff, and caused the attached property to be delivered to them. The bond sued upon was…
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