McNerney v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover money alleged to have been paid at the request of the defendant, brought by appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bishop, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint contained eleven paragraphs, each purporting to allege a separate cause of action.
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Action to recover money alleged to have been paid at the request of the defendant, brought by appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bishop, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint contained eleven paragraphs, each purporting to allege a separate cause of action. Before trial the plaintiff abandoned all his allegations except the following : “ On and before March 1st, 1902, the plaintiff paid, laid out, and expended the sum of $75 for the defendant. Said sum…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
Upon (1) the defendant’s requesting the plaintiff to pay, on behalf of the defendant and for his benefit, the sum of $50 to Goodhart in satisfaction of Good-hart’s claim to that amount against the defendant, (2) the plaintiff’s transferring, in pursuance of that request, the sum of $50 belonging to him to Goodhart, and (3) Goodhart’s acceptance of the sum thus transferred in payment and satisfaction of his claim against the defendant, the law imposed upon the defendant the duty of reimbursing the plaintiff for the sum thus expended on behalf and for. the benefit of the defendant, and upon the…
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