Lewis v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Middlesex County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered that the plaintiff, by operation of § 4052 of the General Statutes, recover of the several defendants certain sums, and that upon the payment thereof to the plaintiff the title to the land claimed by each respectively be confirmed in him, from which all the parties appealed.
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Action in the nature of ejectment, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Middlesex County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered that the plaintiff, by operation of § 4052 of the General Statutes, recover of the several defendants certain sums, and that upon the payment thereof to the plaintiff the title to the land claimed by each respectively be confirmed in him, from which all the parties appealed. This is the same case as that reported in 74 Conn. 630. The substantial allegations of the complaint are there recited. The judgment then reviewed, being one upon demurrer…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
Two altogether distinct classes of questions are presented upon this record, to -wit: those which relate to the finding of the court that the plaintiff was entitled to have possession of the premises in controversy, and those which arose from the attempt to apply the provisions of § 4052 of the General Statutes to the situation disclosed. The appeal of Lewis and wife and Winship raises the questions of the first class.
These questions relate both to the finding of facts and the legal conclusions of the court therefrom. Various exceptions are taken to the finding, upon the grounds that facts…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Warner v. BennettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- Merwin v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Moore v. GilesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Burkle v. Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
3Cited by4 opinions
- Kurtz v. FarringtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Ward v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- State v. NielsenMontana Supreme Court · 1920
- Lewis v. YaleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905