Neilson v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant, brought to the City Court of Hartford and tried to the jury before Bullard, J.; from a verdict and judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court in Hartford County where the defendant moved to erase the cause from the docket, upon the ground that the statute allowing such an appeal had been repealed before the appeal in this case…
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant, brought to the City Court of Hartford and tried to the jury before Bullard, J.; from a verdict and judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed to the Superior Court in Hartford County where the defendant moved to erase the cause from the docket, upon the ground that the statute allowing such an appeal had been repealed before the appeal in this case had been taken; the court, Reed, J., denied the motion, and from an adverse verdict and judgment subsequently rendered…
1DissentWheeler, J.
This case was brought to the City Court of Hartford, and from the judgment there rendered an appeal was taken to the Superior Court, where a motion to erase the case from the docket was denied. The sole question on the appeal to this court from the judgment of the Superior Court is whether that court erred in refusing to erase the case from the docket.
Section 10 of an Act concerning the City Court of Hartford (14 Special Laws, p. 602) provides that any party aggrieved by a final judgment or decree of that court in any cause in which the matter in demand exceeds $500, may appeal therefrom to…
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- Smith v. LyonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
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