White v. Howd
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the contract price for merchandise sold and delivered to the defendant; brought originally before a justice of the peace, and thence by defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for Litchfield County and “tried to the jury before Warner, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs for alleged errors in the rulings of the court; the plaintiffs also filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was against…
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Action to recover the contract price for merchandise sold and delivered to the defendant; brought originally before a justice of the peace, and thence by defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for Litchfield County and “tried to the jury before Warner, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs for alleged errors in the rulings of the court; the plaintiffs also filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground that the verdict was against the evidence in the cause.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
Action on contract of sale to recover $20.00 damages. The case was tried to a jury and the issue found for the defendant. The plaintiffs filed a written mo*265tion for a new trial on the ground of a verdict against evidence, and under the provisions of chapter LI. of the Public Acts of 1893, the trial court has reported the evidence to this court for its action on the motion. This report contains certain “rulings” of the trial court on the admission and rejection of evidence. Such rulings do not belong to the record. The statute authorizes only a report of the evidence submitted to the jury, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morse v. RankinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
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- Etchells v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- State v. BoucherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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