Neilson v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant, brought to the City Court of Hartford and tried to the jury before Bullard, J.; from a verdict and judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court in Hartford County where the defendant moved to erase the cause from the docket, upon the ground that the statute allowing such an appeal had been repealed before the appeal in this case…
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant, brought to the City Court of Hartford and tried to the jury before Bullard, J.; from a verdict and judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court in Hartford County where the defendant moved to erase the cause from the docket, upon the ground that the statute allowing such an appeal had been repealed before the appeal in this case had been taken; the court, Reed, J., denied the motion, and from an adverse verdict and judgment subsequently rendered…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The only question in this case is whether the Superior Court erred in refusing to erase the case from -the docket. It is an appeal from the City Court of Hartford. The question is whether at the time the City Court allowed the appeal the Superior Court had jurisdiction of the case.
Section 10 of an Act concerning the City Court of Hartford, approved April 17th, 1905 (14 Special Laws, p. 602), provided that any party aggrieved by a final judgment or decree of that court in any cause in which the matter in demand exceeded $500, might appeal therefrom to the Superior Court. This provision was in…
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