Muller v. Witte
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for money alleged to have been loaned by a wife to her husband, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff Henrietta S. Witte.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
This action was brought at first by the plaintiff Muller alone, upon the common counts. He claimed to be the bona fide owner by assignment from Henrietta S. Witte, who was in fact the wife of the defendant, of a 'debt alleged to be due from the defendant to his said wife. Subsequently, upon the motion of said Muller, said Henrietta was made a 'coplaintiff in the action. The bill of particulars as filed in the case was for money loaned to, and paid out for, the defendant by his said wife.
After this the plaintiffs filed an additional count, alleging in substance these facts: That Henrietta was…
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