Legal Opinion

Frank Miller & Co. v. Lampson

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 19, 1895PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Wbit of error from a judgment of a justice of the peace in an action of summary process, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Bradstreet, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

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Wbit of error from a judgment of a justice of the peace in an action of summary process, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and tried to the court, Bradstreet, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiffs for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The Constitution provides that the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate — remain as it was at the adoption of the Constitution. At that time an action of ejectment might be brought, or an action for forcible entry and detainer or peaceable…

1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.

This is an action of summary process. The complaint was dated and served on the 24th day of August, 1894, and made returnable on the 30th day of August, 1894. By continuance the case came to the 8th day of September, *4371894, when the court, upon a verdict of the jury impaneled, rendered judgment in favor of the then plaintiff Lampson, who is the present defendant in error.

The District Court of Waterbary to which this writ of error was brought, found no error, and rendered judgment in favor of the present defendant. The plaintiffs appeal to this court. The reasons of appeal are as follows :—

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Curtis v. GillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pietrycka v. SimolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
  2. City Coal Co. v. MarcusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
  3. Shulman v. Hartford Public LibrarySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  4. Evergreen Corporation v. BrownConnecticut Superior Court · 1978
  5. Mac-Aire Aviation Corp. v. Corporate Air, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1970

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