Paine v. Schenectady Insurance Co.

This is an action of assumpsit to recover damages for breach of contract. It was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas, August 27, 1870. The plaintiff recovered judgment in that court at the December Term, 1875. The defendant appealed to this court at the March Term, 1876. May 13, 1876, the defendant filed a plea puis darreincontinuance, setting forth that on the 8th May, 1876, George T. Hanford, who had been duly appointed receiver of the goods and effects of the defendant, had impleaded the plaintiff in the Supreme Court, in the State of New York, and recovered judgment against him for…