Dibiase v. Garnsey

Upon the former trial, the court granted a nonsuit as to the plaintiff on his action of replevin, but the record on appeal (103 Conn. 21, 130 Atl. 81) did not enable us to pass upon this ruling. On the counterclaim the court instructed the jury that § 63 of Chapter 400 of the Public Acts of 1921 was a penal statute and did not affect any contract which the parties may have entered into relating to the services and supplies furnished under the counterclaim. The question of the recovery upon the counterclaim was submitted to the jury and a verdict returned in favor of defendant and a judgment…