Hunt v. Rockwell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ op Error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County in favor of the defendants in error as administrators of the estate of Coleman Rockwell. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
This action was originally brought to the Court of Common Pleas to be held on .the first Monday in January, 1873. The declaration contained a count on a promissory note described to be for $400 payable on demand with interest, and dated April 1, 1865; also the general indebitatus count, claiming thereunder an indebtedness of $600, and stating the damage in the concluding clause' at $500.
*52By statute that court has jurisdiction over all civil causes which shall he brought before it according to law, and in which the debt, damage, or matter in demand, exceeds the sum of $100 and does not exceed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Denison v. DenisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
- Vila v. WestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
- Thompson v. ColonySupreme Court of Vermont · 1834
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