O'Flaherty v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover compensation for services rendered by the plaintiff, as registrar of voters, in preparing a registry list for use in the annual town and city election in Bridgeport on the first Monday of April, 1892; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and tried to the court, Curtis, J., on demurrer to the complaint. The court sustained the demurrer, and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover compensation for services rendered by the plaintiff, as registrar of voters, in preparing a registry list for use in the annual town and city election in Bridgeport on the first Monday of April, 1892; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and tried to the court, Curtis, J., on demurrer to the complaint. The court sustained the demurrer, and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
This is a suit to recover payment for *160services rendered by the plaintiff as registrar of the town of Bridgeport, in completing a registry list for the annual town meeting held on the first Monday of April, 1892.
The defendant demurred on the ground that there was no law requiring or authorizing the performance of such services ; the demurrer was sustained and judgment given for the defendant; the plaintiff appealed, assigning as the only reason of appeal, error in the court below in sustaining the demurrer. The demurrer admits for the purposes of decision that the defendant is liable to pay…
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