Denslow v. Gunn
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondent to allow an appeal from the Court of Probate of the District of Milford, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J., upon the petitioner’s demurrer to the return; the court sustained the demurrer and thereafter judgment was rendered for the petitioner, and the respondent appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Application for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondent to allow an appeal from the Court of Probate of the District of Milford, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J., upon the petitioner’s demurrer to the return; the court sustained the demurrer and thereafter judgment was rendered for the petitioner, and the respondent appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiff, being a non-resident, should have entered into a recognizance to the defendant for costs. General…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The appellee Denslow, on October 11th, 1894, made a written motion to the Superior Court, then in session at New Haven, to issue a writ of mandamus requiring George M. Gunn, judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Milford, to allow an appeal to said Denslow from an order of said court appointing a guardian over the minor son of said Denslow, or to signify cause to the contrary to said Superior Court. No alternative writ issued, but instead thereof a rule was ordered to be entered- to show why such writ should not issue upon such motion. Thereupon the appellant came into court and…
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