Hurlbut v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon a judgment, brought before a justice of the peace and, by appeal of the defendant, to the Court of Common P]eas of Litchfield County. Facts found and ease reserved for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeardsley, J.
In the year 1878 a justice court in the town of Roxbury rendered judgment against the defendant in a suit brought by the plaintiff, and the present suit was brought to enforce the payment of that judgment. The defendant claims that the judgment is invalid, for the reason that personal service of the writ was not made upon him, and that he had no notice of the pendency of the suit until after the rendition of the judgment.
The record of the justice court shows affirmatively that both the plaintiff and defendant were inhabitants of this state when the writ was served, and that service was made…
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