Pinney v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the foreclosure and possession of certain real estate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the case was referred to the Hon. Elisha Carpenter, State Referee, to hear and report the facts. The report of the State Referee in favor of the plaintiff was accepted by the court, Prentice, J., and the remonstrance of the defendants overruled, and the defendants appealed, for an alleged error of the court in excluding certain testimony.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
This is an action brought to foreclose a mortgage made to secure a note for sixteen hundred dollars by the defendant, Emily Jones, to Charles H. Pinney, now deceased.
The defendant claimed to have paid upon said note to Pinney during his lifetime, the sum of fifteen hundred dol*547lars, and whether this was true or not was the main fact in dispute between the parties.
The ease was tried before the Hon. Elisha Carpenter as State Referee.
For the purpose of showing her ability to make such payment, the defendant offered evidence to prove and claimed she had proved, that at the time when she bought the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Allen v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
- Stirling v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878
- Russell v. FrisbieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
3Cited by9 opinions
- Kaiko v. DolingerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- C. B. Alling Realty Co. v. OldermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. JacksonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Sprinkle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1905
- State v. BroadwaterMontana Supreme Court · 1926
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.