Wood v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, brought by writ of summons, to the superior court in New-Haven county, March term, 1838. The defendants came into court and pleaded in abatement as follows : That the action of the plaintiffs is a transitory action, and that they, and each of them, now are, and before and at the commencement of this suit, were, and ever since have been, inhabitants of and residents in the city of New-York in the…
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This was an action on a policy of insurance against loss or damage by fire, brought by writ of summons, to the superior court in New-Haven county, March term, 1838. The defendants came into court and pleaded in abatement as follows : That the action of the plaintiffs is a transitory action, and that they, and each of them, now are, and before and at the commencement of this suit, were, and ever since have been, inhabitants of and residents in the city of New-York in the state of New-York; and that neither of the plaintiffs now is, or at the commencement of this suit, was, an inhabitant of or…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
Our statute regulating venue, except in cases where the title to lands is to be tried, and in actions of trespass quare clausum fregit, and cases where estate is attached, provides “ that all actions brought before the county and superior courts, shall be brought and tried in that county where the plaintiff or defendant dwells, if either of them are inhabitants of this state; but if neither the plaintiff nor defendant are inhabitants of this state, then the suit shall be brought and tried in the county where the defendant is, when the suit is commenced.” Stat. 41. tit. 2. s. 21.
1. The present…
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