Gates v. Steele
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction against tbe collection of a judgment; brought to the District Court of Waterbury, and heard, upon a demurrer to the complaint, before Cowell, J. Demurrer overruled, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal to this court by the defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The defendants appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Waterbury granting a perpetual injunction to restrain them from making use of a judgment which they have obtained against the plaintiff. The questions raised by the appeal are presented by the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint.
The plaintiff, who resides in Waterbury, was sued upon a small claim by writ in favor of the defendant Steele, returnable before a justice of the peace in Hartford. Before the return day of the writ the plaintiff paid Steele $20, in full for all claims and indebtedness and in full settlement of the…
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