Goodwin v. United States Annuity & Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of assumpsit on the common counts. The defendants, having moved for a bill of particulars of the plaintiffs’ demands, the same was exhibited as follows : “The United States Annuity and Life Insurance Company, 1850. To James Goodwin and Guy R. Phelps, Dr. For expenses paid in obtaining charter, including commissioner’s fees, and interest on money advanced, $1,000 Endorsed as follows: James Goodwin and Guy R. Phelps.
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Action of assumpsit on the common counts. The defendants, having moved for a bill of particulars of the plaintiffs’ demands, the same was exhibited as follows : “The United States Annuity and Life Insurance Company, 1850. To James Goodwin and Guy R. Phelps, Dr. For expenses paid in obtaining charter, including commissioner’s fees, and interest on money advanced, $1,000 Endorsed as follows: James Goodwin and Guy R. Phelps. Bill of expenses pr. charter, $1,000 Approved in directors’ meeting, Jan. 16, 1851. N. H. Morgan, Clerk, pro tem.” On the trial upon the general issue, the plaintiffs, for…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, J.
The exceptions, taken by the plaintiffs, to the rulings of the superior court, on the trial of this case, will be noticed in the order in which they are presented on this motion.
1. The plaintiffs, under the count upon an account stated, rested their case on proof of an entry in what they claimed to have proved to be a book of the defendants, containing the proceedings of their directors, which entry consisted of a vote of the directors at their meeting on the 16th of January 1851, approving of the bill ofthe plaintiffs, the amount of which was sought to be recovered in this case, and…
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