Sullivan v. Vail
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Ejectment; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County. The writ claimed $300 damages. The following facts were found by a committee. The plaintiff has been the owner in fee and in possession of the demanded premises from the 17tli day of June, 1856, until the present time, except that portion of the same of which he has been disseized by the defendant.
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Ejectment; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County. The writ claimed $300 damages. The following facts were found by a committee. The plaintiff has been the owner in fee and in possession of the demanded premises from the 17tli day of June, 1856, until the present time, except that portion of the same of which he has been disseized by the defendant. On the trial the plaintiff testified that the demanded premises were worth the sum of $1,000, without including the house, whereupon the defendant objected to the admission of any further testimony on the part of the plaintiff, on…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
This suit was brought to the Court of Common Pleas and referred to a committee. On the coming in of the report, the defendant moved the court to erase the cause from the docket for want of jurisdiction. The court denied the motion, accepted the report of the committee, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff.
"Was the denial of this motion to erase an erroneous deci-' sion?
The jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas, as well as of all our courts, is regulated and defined by statute. The second section of the act of 1869, (Acts of 1869, p. 313,) which created this court, provides that it…
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