Sturdevant v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of Error to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court in Fairfield County, dismissing a bill in equity. The points of law decided will be sufficiently understood without a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
During the continuance of a term of court the judge holding it has, in a sense, absolute control over judgments rendered.; that is, he can declare and subsequently modify or annul them. But, as they are at the end of the term they must remain, so far as he, as the judge who held it, is concerned ; they are only to be changed by reversal for error or upon petition for a new trial, a new and independent proceeding. But his power over causes which he has heard but in which he has reudered no judgment before the final adjournment is of necessity to be exercised within limitations. If it is…
2Cited by15 opinions
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- Tyler v. AspinwallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Goldreyer v. CronanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
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