Legal Opinion

Morford v. Peck

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided October 15, 1878PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Replevin for a quantity of flour; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, and tried to the jury on the general issue, -with notice, before Fyler, J. Verdict for defendant, and motion for a new trial by the plaintiffs. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.

This is an action of replevin to recover sixty-seven barrels of flour purchased of the plaintiffs by one Hill, with the fraudulent design not to pay for the same, of which the defendant, it is claimed, had such knowledge as to make the contract also voidable against Mm. The defendant *381obtained a verdict in Ms favor, and the plaintiffs, by motion for a new trial, bring the case to this court for tlie revision of sundry rulings of the court below in the matter of admitting and rejecting evidence and in the charge to the jury.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Robinson v. FerrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1836

3Cited by13 opinions

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  5. Ward v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895

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