Peck v. Peck
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ op error to reverse a judgment of a justice of the peace upon a proceeding in summary process to recover possession of leased premises, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex county. The court (Phelps J.) affirmed the judgment of the court below and the record was brought before this court by motion in error. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The complaint avers that the complainants “are interested in the reversion of the estate of Ezekiel Y. Peck,” deceased, that Lucretia Peck was the widow of the *391said Ezekiel, and the tenant in dower of a portion of the estate therein described, and that the said Lncretia, as such tenant, leased the property described to the said Roswell O. Peck. It then avers the death of the said Lucretia, notice to the lessee, &c., and concludes by praying “that judgment may be rendered for the complainants, as such reversioners, to recover possession, &c.” To this complaint there is a general demurrer; and…
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