Corbett v. Cochrane
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover rent, brought originally before a justice of the peace, and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Hotchkiss, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Action to recover rent, brought originally before a justice of the peace, and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Hotchkiss, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The court erred in charging the jury that if the contract for a lease and occupation of the premises was in parol reserving a monthly rent, and the time of the termination was not agreed upon, all the provisions,…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This action came to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven county, by appeal from a justice of the peace. The complaint contains only the common counts. The bill of particulars embraces four items, which, with interest claimed, amount to $59.08. The first and principal charge is “1 mo. rent $50.00.” Two defenses were filed: first, a general denial; second, a special answer, as follows:—
‘‘Par. 1. On and for a long time prior to November 15th, 1893, the defendant, under a special agreement between her and the plaintiff, occupied the plaintiff’s store and a living apartment over said store, as…
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