Chapin v. Babcock
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of trespass de bonis, brought originally before a justice of the peace, and thence by the defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, where the case was tried to the jury, before Walsh, J., and verdict and judgment rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This case was originally brought before a justice of the peace. The complaint alleged a cause of action in the nature of trespass quare clausum fregit and the carrying away of goods. Irene R. Babcock and James H. Babcock were named as defendants. The justice rendered judgment against both. From that judgment Irene R. Babcock appealed to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford county. James H. Babcock did not appeal. In the Court of Common Pleas, Irene R. pleaded only the general issue. A trial was had thereon to the jury, and a verdict was given in her favor. The plaintiff now has appealed to…
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