Hannon v. Bramley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the alleged conversion of several tons of hay, brought to the City Court of New Britain, and tried to the court, Moehe, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for the alleged conversion of several tons of hay, brought to the City Court of New Britain, and tried to the court, Moehe, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The plaintiff described himself in the complaint as a deputy sheriff of Hartford County and declared, as appears by the amended complaint, as follows :— “ 1. On the 14th day of August, 1893, and thereafter until the first day of January, 1894, the defendant had in his possession six tons of hay, worth $15.00 per…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
There is error. The City Court did not have jurisdiction. In Grether v. Klock, 39 Conn,, 133—135, the rule is stated in this way: “ If it appeal’ on the face of the declaration, either as originally drawn, or as afterwards amended, that the plaintiff cannot recover all the damages laid in the ad damnum clause of his writ, then the matter in demand will be the highest sum which the plaintiff on the-face of ids declaration appears to be entitled to recover.” This rule is approved in Hunt v. Rockwell, 41 Conn., 51, and in Camp v. Stevens, 45 id., 92 ; Davis v. Seymour, 59 id., 531.
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- Hunt v. RockwellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
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