Holcomb v. Town of Winchester
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Scire Facias upon a process of foreign attachment; brought, by appeal from a justice of the peace, to the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield County, and tried before Warner, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff and appeal by the defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is a complaint of scire facias against the defendant town as the debtor of one Tuttle, based upon a foreign attachment served upon the town in which Tuttle was defendant. The claimed indebtedness of the town was predicated solely upon these facts:—Tuttle had brought a suit against the town to recover damages for a personal injury received through a defective highway in consequence of the negligence of the town. On the 30th of August, 1883, the town suffered a default and moved for a hearing in damages. On the 13th of September nest following the town was served with the process of…
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