Legal Opinion
Clark v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 30, 1953PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Sullivan, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages for the breach of a building contract. The case was referred to a state referee who, after hearing the parties, filed his report, finding that there was due to the plaintiff $9438.02 with interest. The defendant’s remonstrance to the report was overruled and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff in the amount stated above. The defendant appealed. During the pendency of the appeal, the court reduced the amount of the judgment by $2000 in order to rectify a mathematical inaccuracy discovered in the report.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- O'Keefe v. Corporation of St. Francis's ChurchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Fox v. City of South NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Hollister v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Alishausky v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Liefeld v. CoffinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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3Cited by4 opinions
- National Elevator Industry Pension, Welfare & Educational Funds v. ScrivaniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Barrett-Nonpareil, Inc. v. StollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. v. SweeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Hughes v. Fairfield Lumber and Supply Co.Connecticut Superior Court · 1954