Jennings v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the payee against the indorser of three promissory notes, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fair-field County where judgment was rendered (Curtis, •/.) for the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim, upon the ground that the defense orally disclosed by the defendant’s attorney, in compliance with the order of court, did not constitute a legal defense available to the defendant, from which judgment- the latter appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of…
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Action by the payee against the indorser of three promissory notes, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fair-field County where judgment was rendered (Curtis, •/.) for the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim, upon the ground that the defense orally disclosed by the defendant’s attorney, in compliance with the order of court, did not constitute a legal defense available to the defendant, from which judgment- the latter appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The material facts in this case are as follows: The complaint, as finally amended, set forth the liability of…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The important question in this case is, whether the court below, under the circumstances stated on the record, was justified in rendering judgment for the plaintiff. The oral disclosure of defense was ordered and made solely under the provisions of § 6, Rule IV. of the General Rules of Practice (58 Conn. 577), which reads as follows: “Sec. 6. In causes in which there shall be an appearance by attorney for the defendant in the Superior Court, the plaintiff may at any time require such attorney to state to the court whether he has satisfactory reasons to believe, and does in truth believe, that…
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