Brewster v. Cowen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon a recognizance of the defendant as special bail; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and upon facts found reserved for the advice of this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. The writ of error cannot operate as a supersedeas because it was brought for the purpose of delay. This is a question of fact, as to which the finding is explicit that such was the purpose.
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Action upon a recognizance of the defendant as special bail; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and upon facts found reserved for the advice of this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. The writ of error cannot operate as a supersedeas because it was brought for the purpose of delay. This is a question of fact, as to which the finding is explicit that such was the purpose. It is well settled that in such a case the writ of error is not a supersedeas. Dutton v. Tracy, 4 Conn., 372, and cases cited in the opinion. It is also held that a new writ of error…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiffs upon a recognizance of the defendant as special bail in a suit brought by the plaintiffs against one Henry C. Pratt in the Superior Court in Hartford County. The plaintiffs recovered judgment in that suit in May, 1883. Pratt appealed from that judgment to the Supreme Court of Errors at its October term in 1883. The appeal was entered in that court at that term, but the appellant had not procured the record printed, and the case was continued to the January term, 1884, when the appellant withdrew his appeal on the 8th day of the month. On the 31st of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dutton v. TracySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
- Schlesinger v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Hall v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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