O'Connell v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

This is a petition for certiorari to review the denial by a superior court justice of the petitioner’s motion to file a special plea to the respondent’s declaration in a civil action after the pleadings had been closed and the case was ready for trial. We issued the writ and in response to the mandate thereof the records have been duly certified to this court.

The petitioner in the instant proceeding is defendant in the civil action currently pending in the superior court and will hereinafter be referred to as the defendant. The respondent herein, who will hereinafter be referred to as the…