Legal Opinion
Drummond v. Hussey
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 19, 1991No. 9075PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant in this conversion action appeals from the trial court’s refusal to charge in accordance with his requests, and challenges the court’s instruction to the jury. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The defendant’s first claim is that the trial court did not charge on the concepts of express and implied contracts or on the theory of quantum meruit. These contract issues were not raised in the pleadings, however, and are not supported in the evidence. The trial court need charge only on those points of law that arise pursuant to the claims of proof advanced by the parties in…
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