Hatch v. Spofford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of account, brought to the superior court for New Haven county, by Ansel M. Hatch, against Paul Spofford, demanding six hundred thousand dollars damages.
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This was an action of account, brought to the superior court for New Haven county, by Ansel M. Hatch, against Paul Spofford, demanding six hundred thousand dollars damages. The defendant pleaded in abatement, that the plaintiff’s, writ was issued on the 23d day of November, 1852, and was served on the defendant on said day, while the defendant was on a journey through the state of Connecticut, in the town of Wallingford, in said state,- he, the said defendant, at the time, being an inhabitant of the state of New York, and not an inhabitant of the state of Connecticut; and was no otherwise…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
The defendant’s plea in abatement states,
that the plaintiff and defendant are inhabitants of the city of New York,—that the plaintiff has there instituted and is prosecuting a suit against the defendant, in a court of chancery, for the same matter, cause, and thing,—that the defendant has there appeared, filed his answer, and submitted to the jurisdiction of the court,—that the court has full jurisdiction to adjudge the matter, and its judgment will be *494a conclusive bar to the controversy. To this plea, the defendant has filed a demurrer, and thereby admits the truth of the allegations, at…
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