Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Bridgeport Deoxidized Bronze & Metal Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
Decided October 20, 1903No. 512PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On Plaintiff’s Motion for Assessment of Damages by Jury.
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
Since the decision of Judge Shipman in Raymond v. The Danbury & Norwalk R. Co., 14 Blatchf. 133, Fed. Cas. No. 11,593, this court has invariably followed in this matter the practice which has prevailed for ages in the state courts. The statute upon which the practice is founded is undoubtedly peculiar, but the Raymond Case settled absolutely for this court that it touches only upon a matter of practice, and in no sense invades a constitutional right. The line of argument is too threadbare to endure repetition. The main contention of the plaintiff is therefore easily…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Raymond v. Danbury & N. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1877
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