Lippitt v. Bidwell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of error to reverse an alleged judgment of the Superior Court in Hartford County, Ralph Wheeler, J., rendered in receivership proceedings, allowing a claim of the defendants in error amounting to $1,480, for damages arising from the refusal of the plaintiffs in error, as receivers of the Windsor Locks Savings Bank, to continue to pay rent under a ten-year lease made by the bank, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors in the first judicial district at its October term,…
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Writ of error to reverse an alleged judgment of the Superior Court in Hartford County, Ralph Wheeler, J., rendered in receivership proceedings, allowing a claim of the defendants in error amounting to $1,480, for damages arising from the refusal of the plaintiffs in error, as receivers of the Windsor Locks Savings Bank, to continue to pay rent under a ten-year lease made by the bank, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors in the first judicial district at its October term, 1913. The defendants in error pleaded in abatement upon the ground that an appeal was the only method of review, and to…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
This case is docketed as a writ of error to the Superior Court. A writ of error is an independent action, brought by writ, accompanied by a complaint setting out the record of the case resulting in the judgment complained of, and assigning the errors apparent therein as grounds for the reversal of the judgment. State v. Caplan, 85 Conn. 618, 626, 84 Atl. 280. It lies only upon a final judgment, and only where there is error apparent upon the judgment-record. Corbett v. Matz, 72 Conn. 610, 615, 45 Atl. 494. It is enough to allege in the writ of error that in an action-brought by (or against)…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. CaplanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Etchells v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Cary v. Phoenix Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Corbett v. MatzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- Lamkin v. Baldwin & Lamkin Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
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