Bacon v. Thorp
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of covenant upon a receipt for property attached given to the plaintiff as marshall of the district, brought against the executrix of the receiptor. The case was tried to the court, upon the general issue, with notice of the special matters of defence hereinafter stated.
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Action of covenant upon a receipt for property attached given to the plaintiff as marshall of the district, brought against the executrix of the receiptor. The case was tried to the court, upon the general issue, with notice of the special matters of defence hereinafter stated. The facts, as specially found by the court, were as follows:— On the 16th of May, 1855, Bacon, the plaintiff, as marshall of the United States for the district of Connecticut, attached certain property upon a suit in favor of Thomas A. Jenks and another against the Bridgeport Woolen Mills, a corporation located in…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
On the 16th day of May, 1855, the plaintiff, as marshall of the district of Connecticut, attached and took into his possession certain articles of property, of the agreed value of $10,000, belonging to the Bridgeport Woolen Mills, on a certain writ of attachment in his hands for service. These articles are specifically enumerated in a receipt of that date signed and sealed by Thorp the defendant’s testator, wherein he and two others severally covenant with the plaintiff that he will re-deliver the same to him whenever demanded. The suit was not finally terminated until May, 1857, when the…
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