Magaraci v. Santa Marie

The plaintiff brought this negligence action in 1940 to “the Court of Common Pleas, at Waterbury, for the Judicial District of Waterbury,” claiming $15,000 damages. At that time the court had “concurrent jurisdiction with the superior court of all civil actions in which equitable relief only shall be demanded and of appeals from assessments of benefits or damages made by the city of Waterbury or by the borough of Naugatuck, and shall have jurisdiction of all other civil actions wherein the matter in demand shall exceed one hundred dollars, provided the parties or either of them reside within…