Tolles v. Winton, Exrs.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover $500, paid by the plaintiff to the defendants’ testator, upon a written agreement for the purchase of certain real estate, which agreement, the plaintiff claimed, the said testator refused to consummate; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment rendered by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield Countjn The complaint contained the common counts, under which a bill of particulars was filed, as follows : — “ To $500 cash paid to Andrew L. Winton by the plaintiff, upon an agreement for the purchase of certain real estate by the plaintiff from said Winton, which agreement the said Win-ton improperly failed and refused to consummate and carry out.” The answer, a general denial, was accompanied by a counter-claim, which set up a contract for the conveyance of real estate, alleged a breach…
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