Jaques v. Bridgeport Horse-Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass on the case for an injury from the negligence of the defendants in not keeping the track of their road in proper repair; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard in damages, after a demurrer of the defendants overruled, by Martin, J. The case was heard at the October term of the court, 1874. The judge of the court who had been regularly assigned to hold the October term, and who had held and was still holding the same, began the hearing in…
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Trespass on the case for an injury from the negligence of the defendants in not keeping the track of their road in proper repair; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard in damages, after a demurrer of the defendants overruled, by Martin, J. The case was heard at the October term of the court, 1874. The judge of the court who had been regularly assigned to hold the October term, and who had held and was still holding the same, began the hearing in damages in the case on the 17th day of November, and continued the hearing until the 19th day of November, when, by reason of…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
The question in this case is, whether the judge of the Superior Court, holding the October civil term of the court in Pairfield County, had power to adjourn the court to the 5th day of January following, for the purpose of completing the hearing of the present case, when there was another civil term of the same court to bo lioldeu by law on the second *34Tuesday of December. It appears that the adjournment was made without any agreement of the parties, though without any objection made at the time; but that, when the day to which the court was adjourned arrived, and the judge was about to…
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