Chambers v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action of trespass for an assault and battery and for false imprisonment, brought originally by Stanton A. Campbell against Jerome B. Chambers and Horace Hollister. The defendants pleaded, severally, Not guilty. On this issue, the cause was tried, ax Litchfield, August term, 1841, before Sherman, J. The defendants, after due notice to the plaintiff, introduced evidence to prove the following facts, by way of justification.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of trespass for an assault and battery and for false imprisonment, brought originally by Stanton A. Campbell against Jerome B. Chambers and Horace Hollister. The defendants pleaded, severally, Not guilty. On this issue, the cause was tried, ax Litchfield, August term, 1841, before Sherman, J. The defendants, after due notice to the plaintiff, introduced evidence to prove the following facts, by way of justification. That, on the 7th of January, 1839, the defendant Hol-lister, being one of the select-men of the town of Salisbury, with the other select-men of that…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
Tn this case, a verdict having been rendered in the superior court in favour of the plaintiff in the original action, the defendants filed their motion for a new trial, which was allowed by the court; but the defendants neglected to bring their case before this court; and afterwards, at the August term of the superior court in 1842, final judgment was entered in favour of the plaintiff.
The defendants now bring their writ of error, for the purpose of having the question of law, stated in their motion for a new trial, reviewed. It is not claimed, that there is any error in the judgment below,…
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