Adams v. Wright
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of replevin for the possession of a lunch wagon and its fixtures, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the court, Hubbard, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant for a return of the property and for $281 damages, and appeal by him for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court upon the question of damages. The ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Upon the evidence before us the defendant is not entitled to any of the corrections of the record asked for.
It only remains to be considered whether the trial court erred in assessing the damages awarded the defendant. The following facts are pertinent to that question : On the 4th of November, 1899, the plaintiff replevied from the defendant a lunch wagon of the value of $800, which the defendant had purchased and was using under a contract of conditional sale, by the terms of which he was to pay monthly instalments of $20, described in the contract as rent. After the wagon had been…
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