Stevens v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a receipt for property attached ; brought by appeal from a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried, on the general issue, with notice, closed to the court, before Pardee, J. Upon the trial it was proved.that on the first day of July, 1872,' one Herbert E. Norris and one William J. Skinner were, and for some time had been, equal partners carrying on business on the premises described in the receipt below given.
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Assumpsit on a receipt for property attached ; brought by appeal from a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried, on the general issue, with notice, closed to the court, before Pardee, J. Upon the trial it was proved.that on the first day of July, 1872,' one Herbert E. Norris and one William J. Skinner were, and for some time had been, equal partners carrying on business on the premises described in the receipt below given. On the first day of July, Norris was at the premises for the last time, having been for some time dissolute in his habits and…
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
The plaintiff is a deputy sheriff, and as such had in his hands a writ of attachment against one Norris. Upon this writ he attached the interest of Norris in the stock and fixtures in a certain store in No. 48, Congress Avenue, New Haven. The defendants thereupon executed a receipt for the property under their hands and seals, promising “ to re-deliver the property on demand, or in default thereof to pay the sum of $75, or (if demand be not made before judgment rendered) the amount of damages and costs which shall be recovered by the plaintiff if the same fall short of $75.” The defendants…
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