Bradford v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of ejectment or disseisin, for a tract of land, called the Adgate farm; tried, on the general issue, at Norwich, January term, 1823, before Brainard, J. The defendant, after giving due notice, adduced in evidence the following documents. 1. The record of a declaration and judgment in an action of disseisin, brought by Jesse Brown against the present plaintiff, on the 29th of May, 1811, for the demanded premises, wherein the plaintiff declared, that on the…
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This was an action of ejectment or disseisin, for a tract of land, called the Adgate farm; tried, on the general issue, at Norwich, January term, 1823, before Brainard, J. The defendant, after giving due notice, adduced in evidence the following documents. 1. The record of a declaration and judgment in an action of disseisin, brought by Jesse Brown against the present plaintiff, on the 29th of May, 1811, for the demanded premises, wherein the plaintiff declared, that on the 28th of May, 1811, he became well seised and possessed of the premises, when the defendant unlawfully entered and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
It has been made a question, in this case, whether the deed, from Howland to Coit and others, was fraudulent. The verdict of the jury being in favour of the plaintiff it conclusively follows, the jury have found, that there was no fraud in that transaction. This reduces the controversy to the single enquiry; Whether the plaintiff was estopped from proving title, by the judgment rendered against him in favour of Jesse Brown.
It shall consider the judgment by default, as attended with the same legal consequences as if there had been a verdict for the plaintiff; there existing no…
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