Jackson v. New Milford Toll Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the ease, tried before a justice of the peace and a jury under the act of 1866, the writ claiming fifty dollars damages. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendants and an appeal was moved for by the plaintiff and allowed by the justice, and the case brought to the superior court in Litchfield county.
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Action on the ease, tried before a justice of the peace and a jury under the act of 1866, the writ claiming fifty dollars damages. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendants and an appeal was moved for by the plaintiff and allowed by the justice, and the case brought to the superior court in Litchfield county. The record of the judgment and appeal by the justice was as follows:— “At a justice court held at New Milford, in the county of Litchfield, on the 18th day of February, 1867, present Charles B. Camp, justice of the peace for said county, holding said court — Lucius Jackson, of New…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This case was tried to a jury before a justice of the peace, a verdict was returned in favor of the defendants, and judgment rendered for them to recover their costs, on the 18th day of February, 1867. On the 25th day of the same month, without any adjournment of the court to that day, the plaintiff moved for an appeal to the superior court, which motion was allowed. The defendants now plead in abatement to the. appeal on two grounds. 1. That the .judgment before the justice was for less than thirty-five dollars, and consequently the statute of 1866 denies the right of appeal. 2. That at the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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