Beardsley v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis. The defendant justified the taking, by a special plea in bar; to which there was a general demurrer; thus presenting the whole case. It is briefly this. In the action brought by The Housatonuc Rail-Road Company v. The City of Bridgeport, which came before this court, on a writ of error, (15 Conn. R. 475 to 503.) final judgment was rendered in favour of the original plaintiffs, for the amount of the bond and costs.
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This was an action of trespass de bonis asportatis. The defendant justified the taking, by a special plea in bar; to which there was a general demurrer; thus presenting the whole case. It is briefly this. In the action brought by The Housatonuc Rail-Road Company v. The City of Bridgeport, which came before this court, on a writ of error, (15 Conn. R. 475 to 503.) final judgment was rendered in favour of the original plaintiffs, for the amount of the bond and costs. An execution issued on this judgment, was put into the hands of the present defendant, a deputy sheriff, to be by him levied and…
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
In the late case of The City of Bridgeport v. The Housatonuc Rail-Road Company, 15 Conn. R. 475. this court decided, that the bonds and scrip issued by that city to the Rail-Road Company, under the legislative resolution of 1838, were of full and perfect obligation.
Upon several of these bonds and coupons suits have been instituted, judgments rendered and executions issued against the city. With one of these executions, this defendant, as deputy-sheriff, made legal demand of the clerk, treasurer and mayor, and of several individuals, citizens of Bridgeport, and among others, of this plaintiff,…
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