Legal Opinion
Sulzer v. Watson
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont
Decided July 1, 1889PublishedCited by 5 opinions
At Law. Action of book-account.
1Opinion of the Court
Wheeler, J.,
The action of book debt has always been in use in Connecticut. It has been regulated, but was not created, by statute. Terrill v. Beecher, 9 Conn. 348, note. It was brought from there to Vermont, regulated by statute, and called “book-account.” Slade’s Vt. State Papers, 456. Trials in it are always by auditors appointed by the court. Gen. St. Conn. §§ 1037, 1044; R. L. Vt. §§ 1206,1207. In practice it is nearly concurrent with the action of general assumpsit. Wilkins v. Stevens, 8 Vt. 214; Gassett v. Andover, 21 Vt. 342. It lies for services performed, even under a special…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & RobesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Ex Parte FISKSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Kearney v. CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Baylis v. Travellers' InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Gassett v. Town of AndoverSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
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