Swan v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the default of the sheriff of the defendant city, brought to the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County and tried to the court, Carroll, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for the default of the sheriff of the defendant city, brought to the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County and tried to the court, Carroll, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. Section 21 of the charter of the city of Bridgeport, 10 Special Laws, 519, provides that “ the sheriffs of said city shall severally have, within the limits of the jurisdiction of the City Court, the same power and authority, and be liable to the same suits or penalties for neglect of their…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Section 21 of its charter renders the city of Bridgeport directly liable for the defaults of its sheriffs in their offices and imposes upon them, within certain territorial limits, similar duties to those which are by law imposed upon sheriffs generally. Among the duties which a sheriff owes by law to plaintiffs in civil actions, is that of executing “with reasonable diligence according to its terms, all lawful civil process . . . duly delivered to him for service within his jurisdiction.” Mechem on Public Officers, § 744. Section 1992 of our General Statues provides that “ each sheriff shall…
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