Coughlin v. McElroy
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a recount of votes and for a decree adjudging the petitioner to have been the duly-elected collector of the city of Bridgeport, brought to and tried by the lion. Ralph Wheeler, a judge of the Superior Court, who found the facts and rendered judgment for the respondent, from which the petitioner appealed.
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Petition for a recount of votes and for a decree adjudging the petitioner to have been the duly-elected collector of the city of Bridgeport, brought to and tried by the lion. Ralph Wheeler, a judge of the Superior Court, who found the facts and rendered judgment for the respondent, from which the petitioner appealed. After this court had found error in the conclusion reached by the lower tribunal and had reversed its judgment (72 Conn. 99), the cause again came before Judge Wheeler, who overruled the claim of the respondent that he-was entitled to a retrial of the issues raised by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Upon the reversal of the judgment originally entered in this action (see Coughlin v. MeElroy, ante, p. 99), the parties appeared before the judge of the Superior Court by whom it was rendered, and the defendant claimed the right to a retrial of the petition and to introduce further evidence.
Whether he had such a right or not depended on the judgment which had been pronounced by this court. No copy of this was presented to the judge, who had before him simply the opinion of this court and the brief rescript by which our decision was communicated to the cleric. It was the duty of that officer…
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