Slocum v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of trespass vi et armis against the defendants, for breaking and entering, on the 21st of October 1814, the plaintiff’s dwelling-house at the island of Nashawinna, in Dukes county in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and taking and carrying away several articles of personal property belonging to the plaintiff, particularly specified. The cause was tried at Norwich, September term, 1815, before Swift, Ch. J. and Brainard and Hosmer, Js.
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THIS was an action of trespass vi et armis against the defendants, for breaking and entering, on the 21st of October 1814, the plaintiff’s dwelling-house at the island of Nashawinna, in Dukes county in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and taking and carrying away several articles of personal property belonging to the plaintiff, particularly specified. The cause was tried at Norwich, September term, 1815, before Swift, Ch. J. and Brainard and Hosmer, Js. On the trial, the taking of the goods was clearly proved, and that they were, when taken, at Nashawinna, in the plaintiff’s possession. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Swift, Ch. J.
The question is, as to the effect of the decree of the district court condemning the property in question.
In all cases of courts of limited jurisdiction, their proceedings must be in matters within their jurisdiction, or they *439are void ; and when such proceedings are questioned before another tribunal of general jurisdiction, it is competent for them to examine whether the subject matter was within the jurisdiction of such court. This rule is equally applicable to courts of admiralty ; and such, I apprehend, has been the course of decisions. This point was settled in the case of…
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