Pratt v. Stoner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actions to recover one half of several sums paid by the plaintiff as indorser of certain promissory notes upon which he was liable jointly and equally with the defendant’s testator, brought to the Superior Court in- Hartford County and tried to the court, Thayer, J., after the plaintiff had been permitted (Case, J.') to amend his complaints ; facts found and judgment rendered in one case for the defendant, upon his counterclaim, and in the other for the plaintiff, from which…
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Actions to recover one half of several sums paid by the plaintiff as indorser of certain promissory notes upon which he was liable jointly and equally with the defendant’s testator, brought to the Superior Court in- Hartford County and tried to the court, Thayer, J., after the plaintiff had been permitted (Case, J.') to amend his complaints ; facts found and judgment rendered in one case for the defendant, upon his counterclaim, and in the other for the plaintiff, from which judgments the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Each of these actions was originally brought, in 1898, by a complaint following Form 85 of the Practice Book, and shortly afterward bills of particulars were filed for half of certain sums of money paid on certain notes “ upon which the plaintiff and defendant were jointly liable.” In 1901, the defendant having died, writs of soire facias were issued against the administrator of his estate, who thereupon appeared and made defense. In 1904 an amendment to each complaint was allowed, alleging that the plaintiff and the intestate had indorsed sundry accommodation notes for a corporation, under…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dunnett v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- Post v. GilbertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- McNerney v. BarnesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bank Commissioners v. Watertown Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Bashford-Burmister Co. v. Aetna Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- Wolfe v. Wallingford Bank & Trust Co.Connecticut Superior Court · 1936
- Blodgett v. RowletCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927