Burke v. Grace
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover possession of real estate and damages; brought to the District Court of the district of Waterbury, and appealed by the defendant from the judgment of that court to the Superior Court. In the latter court the plaintiff moved that the case be erased from the docket, which motion the court (Sanford, J.,) granted. Appeal by the defendant to this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is a complaint in ejectment to recover the possession ,of premises situated in Thomaston, Litchfield County, originally brought to the District Court of Waterbury, demanding five hundred dollars damages and possession. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the District Court and the defendant appealed to the Superior Court, where, on the plaintiff’s motion, the case was erased from the docket for want of jurisdiction. The motion was based on two grounds :—
1st. That the matter in demand as stated in the complaint was too small to allow an appeal.
2d. That the land which was the subject…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sullivan v. VailSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Cocking v. GreenslitSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Pollard v. PollardConnecticut Superior Court · 1961
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