Coburn v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to set aside certain deeds of real estate, to foreclose a mortgage, and for other equitable relief, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and referred to a committee who found and reported the facts, upon which judgment was rendered (Case, J.j for the plaintiff, from which two of the defendants appealed.
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Action to set aside certain deeds of real estate, to foreclose a mortgage, and for other equitable relief, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and referred to a committee who found and reported the facts, upon which judgment was rendered (Case, J.j for the plaintiff, from which two of the defendants appealed. The action was originally brought in the name of the conservator of Jane E. Jennings and Helmina J. Jennings, the defendants being Francis M. Jennings and William T. and Thomas I. Raymond. The case was referred to a committee to find the facts. After the committee reported,…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This case was sent to a committee to find and report the facts. The committee’s report was accepted and thereon judgment was rendered. The court heard no evidence to determine any fact. The judgment-file recites that it is found that the procurement by Francis M. Jennings of the deed from his sister Helmina was a fraud upon her, which was well known to all the defendants. The committee’s report not only finds no such fact of knowledge on the part of the defendants Raymond, but expressly finds the contrary to he true. Here was error. West v. Howard, 20 Conn. 581 ; Brady v. Barnes, 42 id. 512 ;…
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