Dawson v. Town of Orange
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to quiet and settle the title to land, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Gager, J.') and later one to the answer (Thayer, J!) and the cause was afterwards tried to the jury before Gager, J.; the trial judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff, and from the judgment upon this verdict the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The statute under which this action was brought (Public Acts of 1893, p. 237, Chap. 66, General Statutes, §4053) authorizes any person claiming an interest in real estate to bring suit against any person or persons claiming an adverse interest in it, for the purpose of determining such adverse interest and to settle the title to the property. Either party to such a proceeding has the right to a trial by jury of any issues of fact arising upon legal as distinguished from equitable claims. Miles v. Strong, 68 Conn. 273, 286. This being so, there is nothing in its provisions which is in conflict…
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