Ferrie v. Sperry
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant, as civil engineer, in locating one of the boundary lines of the plaintiff’s land, and for a breach of his warranty that the line as located was true and correct, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,519, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the defendant, as civil engineer, in locating one of the boundary lines of the plaintiff’s land, and for a breach of his warranty that the line as located was true and correct, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,519, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff’s claim, as stated in the complaint and finding, was, in brief, that having purchased a parcel of land on the westerly side of East Street in New Haven, bounded southerly by one…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The defendant’s denial of the allegations of the complaint threw upon the plaintiff the burden of proving that the location of the Dunn boundary line, as designated by the defendant, was not correct. Against the objection of the defendant, the plaintiff was permitted to introduce in evidence the pleadings, verdict, judgment-file, and charge of the court in the ejectment suit of Dunn against the plaintiff. After its admission, a motion by the defendant that its admissibility be limited to the question of damages was overruled, and the court stated that it was introduced in proof of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gorman v. FittsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
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