Hemingway v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity to set aside a sale of certain oyster grounds; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County, and tried before Stoddard, J. Pacts found, and decree for petitioners, and motion in error by respondent. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
This is a bill in equity by the widow of *391Jacob P. Augur and by tbe administrator upon Ms estate, charging the respondent with having by fraud and by false and deceitful representations obtained from the deceased deeds of certain oyster grounds, and asking the court to compel the re-conveyance of the same.
From 1854 to 1872 the respondent was in the service of Mr. Augur as a laborer, and was chiefly employed in laying oysters in and taking them from their beds; at times, in the absence of his employer, directing the sMpment of them from Fair Haven. He was a trusty and trusted servant. In the…
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