Lobdell v. Lake
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Motion in error from a judgment of tlie superior court, in an action of debt on a recognizance. The recognizance was entered into by the defendants before a justice of the peace, on an appeal taken by the defendant Lake from a judgment against him by the justice in favor of the present plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDutton, J.
The defendants, on an appeal from a justice, gave a bond of prosecution, conditioned that the appellant, one of the defendants, should enter his appeal in the docket of the superior court and prosecute the appeal to effect, and answer all damages if he failed to make hi's plea good. The appellant did neither. The condition of the bond was therefore broken and apparently the plaintiff was entitled to recover. The defendants however insist that the right of action is taken away by the statute, authorizing the appellee to enter the case *17if tlie appellant does not, and have the judgment affirmed.…
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