Ogden v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit. The declaration contained two counts, one of which was general. The other alleged, that, on or about the first day of April, 1850, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff, in the sum of fifty dollars, for labor and services before that time by the plaintiff done and rendered, in teaching school in a certain district in Pound Ridge, county of Westchester and state of New York, at the special instance and request of the defendant.
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This was an action of assumpsit. The declaration contained two counts, one of which was general. The other alleged, that, on or about the first day of April, 1850, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff, in the sum of fifty dollars, for labor and services before that time by the plaintiff done and rendered, in teaching school in a certain district in Pound Ridge, county of Westchester and state of New York, at the special instance and request of the defendant. The cause was tried at Fairfield, before the county court, August term, 1852. On the trial to the jury, the plaintiff introduced…
1Opinion of the CourtEllswokth, J.
The first question is, the admissibility of
evidence, to prove the character in which the defendant contracted for the services of the plaintiff,—whether individually, or as a public officer. On this point, we think the ruling of the court is not subject to objection. The evidence conduced to establish the point, for which it was offered, and that was sufficient to make it admissible.
In the next place, the defendant claimed, that he made the contract, as a public agent, and therefore was not personally liable, unless indeed, in making the contract, he had been guilty of fraud, or…
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