Curtiss v. Atwood
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for trespass to land; brought to the District Court of the district of Waterbury. Plea to the jurisdiction ; demurrer to the plea sustained, and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs. Appeal bjr defendants to the Superior Court and judgment affirmed (Culver, J.) Appeal by defendant to this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
Walter S. Curtiss and others brought an action for trespass to land against Roderick Atwood, claim*170ing $500 damages, and made the writ returnable to the District Court to be holden at Waterbury, within and for the district of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven. Both parties reside and the land is in the town of Wood-bury, in the county of Litchfield. The defendant pleaded in abatement that the Superior Court for the county of Litchfield had sole jurisdiction in the matter; the plaintiffs demurred; the demurrer was sustained and the defendants ordered to answer over; they appealed to the…
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