Colvin v. Peck
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for fraud in contracting a debt, for fraud in tbe sale of a horse, and for a debt due by .a judgment; brought, by the defendant’s appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas for Hartford County, and, after sundry amendments of the complaint, tried to the jury before Taintor, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and appeal to this court by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The original complaint in this case is peculiar. The first count is on a judgment founded on a debt alleged to have been fraudulently contracted. The second is for concealing and withholding property so that it could not be taken by legal process, while admitting that a valid judgment debt was owed. The third is for selling a horse, fraudulently representing that he was the owner thereof. The fourth is simply an action of debt on judgment. The judgment referred to in the first, second and fourth counts is expressed to be for the sum of $105.94; damages claimed, $100.
To this complaint there…
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