Nygren v. Potocek

The plaintiffs, under an assignment from Jules Bebillard, are seeking specific performance or damages based upon a bond for a deed executed to him by the defendant. The trial court rendered judgment for the defendant on the ground that the assignment was void because made on Sunday. The plaintiffs by their claims of law made at the trial and their assignment of error raise only two points: The first claim is that the trial court could not properly give judgment upon the ground that the assignment was invalid in view of § 5665 of the General Statutes which provides: “No person who shall have…