Brainard v. Staub
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of mandamus, made to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The court issued an alternative writ, to which, the defendant made return. Portions of the return were, upon motion of the plaintiff, expunged by order of the court, (J. M. Hall, J.) The defendant at a later term moved that the alternative writ be quashed, which motion the court, (Robinson, J.,) refused to receive, and the case was heard upon its merits.
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Application for a writ of mandamus, made to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The court issued an alternative writ, to which, the defendant made return. Portions of the return were, upon motion of the plaintiff, expunged by order of the court, (J. M. Hall, J.) The defendant at a later term moved that the alternative writ be quashed, which motion the court, (Robinson, J.,) refused to receive, and the case was heard upon its merits. The court made the following finding of facts. On the 28th day of January, 1891, Austin Brainard, the relator, was appointed executive secretary by Morgan G.…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiff on the 25th day of March, 1891, made application to the Superior Court in Hartford County, praying that a writ of peremptory mandamus be issued, commanding the defendant, who is the comptroller of the state, to draw his order on the treasurer in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, which sum the plaintiff claimed was due to him on the first day of March, 1891, for services as executive secretary. Upon that application an alternative writ of mandamus was issued and was duly served upon the defendant, returnable on the first Tuesday of April…
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