Hatch v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for work and labor and materials furnished, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the court, Dow, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs to recover $137.69, and for the defendant, who had pleaded a tender of $140, to recover his costs of the plaintiffs, and appeal by the latter for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover for work and labor and materials furnished, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the court, Dow, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs to recover $137.69, and for the defendant, who had pleaded a tender of $140, to recover his costs of the plaintiffs, and appeal by the latter for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The bill of particulars contained items amounting to $145.04. The answer contained two defenses: the first a general denial, and the second, which was traversed by the plaintiffs, that the goods and services were worth no…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The recorded judgment of the City Court presents a plain case of an erroneous conclusion from the facts found. The issue is found for the plaintiffs, and it was thereupon adjudged that they recover $137.69 damages, and that the defendant recover of them his costs. Two defenses were pleaded, and each presented a separate issue. The statement in a judgment file signed only by the clerk, *76that the parties were at issue as on file, and that the court finds the issue for the plaintiff, necessarily imports that all the issues closed to the court were so found. Supplement to Practice Book: Rules as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Styles v. TylerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Tracy v. StrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1818
- Blydenburgh v. MilesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1872
- Perkins v. BrazosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
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- Moran v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
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