McKay v. Fair Haven & Westville Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Qable, J.; judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged error in striking the case from the jury docket.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This action was made returnable on the first Tuesday of January, 1902, being January 7th. On February 6th the defendant filed its answer. On the following day the plaintiff claimed the case for the jury docket. The clerk thereupon entered it on said docket. The defendant then moved to have it stricken therefrom, which motion the court afterwards granted. The case was then placed upon the court docket and proceeded to judgment, no request ■being made to the court for an order transferring it to the jury docket. This action of the court in striking the case from the jury docket involves the…
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