Hart v. Granger
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. THIS was a petition in chancery, brought by William Hart and the heirs of Samuel Mather, jun. late of Lyme deceased, against Gideon Granger, Esq. before the superior court in Middlesex county, stating generally, That in the month of August in the year 1795, the state of Connecticut sold to said Hart and Mather, and divers other persons, their associates, at the price of 1,200,000 dollars, a certain tract of land, called the Western Reserve ; and it was agreed by…
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IN ERROR. THIS was a petition in chancery, brought by William Hart and the heirs of Samuel Mather, jun. late of Lyme deceased, against Gideon Granger, Esq. before the superior court in Middlesex county, stating generally, That in the month of August in the year 1795, the state of Connecticut sold to said Hart and Mather, and divers other persons, their associates, at the price of 1,200,000 dollars, a certain tract of land, called the Western Reserve ; and it was agreed by the purchasers, that the proprietors should hold said land as tenants in common : That said purchasers, on or before the…
1Opinion of the CourtIngersoll, J.
[after stating the principal facts.] As to the first matter alleged in the plea in abatement, to wit, that the service of the petition was void, inasmuch as the respondent, now defendant in error, was not an inhabitant of this state, and was but transiently in it, when the copy was left with him, I am clearly of opinion that it is unavailable. There is no difference as to the validity of such service, between suits at law and in chancery. As to suits at law, one mode of service is to leave a copy of the writ at the defendant’s usual place of abode, which by statute is good in every case where…
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