Legal Opinion

Winslow v. Fletcher

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided February 12, 1886PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Action to recover money due; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The defendants resided in the state of Indiana, and service was made only by leaving a copy with the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company as a garnishee. The defendants appeared only to plead to the jurisdiction. The court (Andrews, Jr.,') found the facts, and rendered judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

Complaint for a money demand, served only by process of foreign attachment. The plaintiffs and defendants are non-residents. No property was attached except that alleged to be in the hands of the garnishee. The defendants appear for the sole purpose of pleading to the jurisdiction.

The plea alleges that the plaintiffs are residents of the state of New York; that the defendants are residents of the state of Indiana; that no personal or other service of process has ever been made upon the defendants or any of them ; that no service of the original process was ever made otherwise than upon the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ayres v. FrenchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
  2. Northrop v. Newtown & Bridgeport Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1821
  3. Middletown Savings Bank v. JarvisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
  4. Cooke v. HallettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Holmes v. . CampNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Vidal v. South American Securities Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  3. Inter-Regional Financial Group, Inc. v. Cyrus HashemiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  4. Denunzio v. DenunzioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
  5. Hansel v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1946

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