Legal Opinion
Bissing v. Turkington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 17, 1931PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The application of the plaintiff alleges that he is being confined by the defendant without law or right in the county jail in Litchfield. The respondent’s return justifies the detention of the plaintiff under an execution and mittimus issued by the Superior Court commanding him as keeper of the county jail to safely keep the plaintiff until the latter has paid the amount of a judgment rendered against him in that court. In his answer to the return the plaintiff alleges that on March 23d, 1931, he was adjudged a bankrupt in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tinker v. ColwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Carling v. Seymour Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
- Lewis v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Cummings Ex Rel. Eliott v. Lake Torpedo Boat Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Verrastro v. SivertsenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Reed v. ReinckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Vincenzo v. WardenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- Wojculewicz v. CummingsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Allard v. EstesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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