Soule v. Borelli
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendants.
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Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendants. For many years prior to January 1st, 1904, the plaintiffs, Turney Soule and George H. Lines, as sole copartners, under' the name of T. Soule & Co., hereinafter referred to as Soule & Co., were engaged in business in New Milford as builders and dealers in lumber, hardware and builders’ material. D. E. Soule, the brother of Turney Soule, had for some years prior to April, 1904, been employed…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The defendants except to certain of the facts found by the court. Among them are several which lie at the very foundation of the plaintiffs’ case. Our examination of the evidence fails to disclose that any material fact, whether of major or minor importance, has been found without evidence from which the conclusion reached could reasonably have been drawn. The finding must therefore stand. Nogga v. Savings Bank, 79 Conn. 425, 426, 65 Atl. 129.
With the facts established as found, certain of the questions of law attempted to be raised are either entirely elimi nated or greatly simplified. Among…
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