Mallett v. White
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for trespass to land; brought, by appeal from a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried in that court -to the jury before Sail, J. Verdict for the plaintiff and appeal by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is a complaint for trespass to land. The chief grounds of appeal by the defendants from the rulings and judgment of the court below assume that the 'plaintiff’s case is dependent wholly upon his title under the will of Selleek Lobdell and therefore that the questions to be decided by this court are, as the defendants’ brief expresses it:—1st, as to the construction of the will; 2nd, whether the so-called Long Ridge Society was a legal corporation capable of taking the property in dispute under the will; and 3d, whether the suit should be brought in the name of the plaintiff as first…
2Cited by4 opinions
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