Lacon v. Davenport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of account. The declaration contained several counts. In the first, the plaintiff called upon the defendant to render his reasonable account for the time he was the bailiff of the plaintiff; alleging, that from the 1st of June, 1834, until the 1st of April, 1842, the defendant was bailiff of the plaintiff, and as such had the possession, care and management of an undivided moiety of certain mills and lands in Stamford, known as the Roxbury works, and of…
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This was an action of account. The declaration contained several counts. In the first, the plaintiff called upon the defendant to render his reasonable account for the time he was the bailiff of the plaintiff; alleging, that from the 1st of June, 1834, until the 1st of April, 1842, the defendant was bailiff of the plaintiff, and as such had the possession, care and management of an undivided moiety of certain mills and lands in Stamford, known as the Roxbury works, and of all the tools, machinery and fixtures thereunto belonging, and the lands thereto attached, with power to occupy and lease…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
Several supposed errors of the judge, both in charging the jury and in omitting to charge them as requested, have been specified in argument. They are, however, so nearly assimilated to each other, as to make it somewhat inconvenient to notice them all separately; and as it is also believed to be unnecessary to distinguish between them, an answer to the whole will be given, without much regard to order, or any division of the subject into separate heads.
After the deed of the 17th of October, 1839, the plaintiff and defendant became tenants in common of the real estate mentioned in the first…
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