Irving v. Shethar
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for goods sold and delivered, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Curtis, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The action was originally brought against Hill and Shethar. Before trial Hill was dropped and Sanford was cited in and appeared as codefendant.
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Action for goods sold and delivered, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Curtis, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The action was originally brought against Hill and Shethar. Before trial Hill was dropped and Sanford was cited in and appeared as codefendant. The complaint consisted of two counts, but as the verdict was in favor of the defendant upon the second count, it is unnecessary to notice it further. The first count was the common count for…
1Opinion of the CourtHameksley, J.
The first six assignments of error are based upon the exclusion of the evidence of the witnesses Danielson and Shethar, as detailed upon the record. Daniel-son, the bookkeeper, had testified fully as to the accounts kept by the defendants with Hill, for the purpose of showing that the defendants were merely Hill’s agents to sell his goods upon commission. He had testified that this account had been kept as all such accounts are kept between a commission house and its principals. These commission accounts of the defendants with Hill, and Green, and others, were shown by the witness to the jury…
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