Doolan v. Heiser
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of replevin for household goods, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, Wolfe, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff claimed that the furniture sought to be replevied belonged to him and that he purchased it with his own money. The defendants claimed that they obtained title to the furniture in question by gift from the wife of the plaintiff, Minnie Doolan, now deceased. Mrs. Doolan was the daughter of one of the defendants and a sister of the other defendant. Minnie Doolan, during her lifetime, carried on business upon her own account and was a woman of means.
The defendants further claimed that Mrs. Doolan offered to purchase a house if the defendants would go and live in it; that the house…
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