Curtiss v. Hoyt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trespass, for an injury to a building. The declaration contained three counts ; an abstract of which is given in the opinion of the court. The defendants pleaded Not guilty, with notice of special matter to be given in evidence by way of defence.
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This was an action of trespass, for an injury to a building. The declaration contained three counts ; an abstract of which is given in the opinion of the court. The defendants pleaded Not guilty, with notice of special matter to be given in evidence by way of defence. The cause was tried at Fairfield, February term 1848, before Ellsworth, J. It was admitted, that neither the plaintiff, nor those from whom he claimed to have purchased the building, liad any interest in the land on which it stood. But to show that he was the owner and in possession of said building, at the time of the alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtEimswoRTH, J.
The first count in the declaration is trespass for taking down, removing and converting a building, the property of the plaintiff. The second, is for taking and converting certain timber, boards and stones. The third, *163is for an injury to the plaintiff’s reversionary interest in the said building, averring that it was leased to Henry Hands and Thomas Easton. Neither count speaks of any ¡and of the plaintiff, nor claims damages for entering upon land ; but the entire cause of action is an injury to a building, or the materials of a building.
To this declaration the defendants plead and give…
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