Miles v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assault and battery, brought to the superior court in New Haven county, and tried to the jury before Loomis J. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant moved for a new trial for error in the charge of the court. The points of law involved in the case will be sufficiently understood from the opinion of the court, without a statement of the facts, which would occupy much space and could not be well understood without a plan of the premises.
1Opinion of the Court
Park. J.
The principal controversy in this case arises upon the construction to be given to the phrase, “ privilege to pass and repass to the above rooms, and the well, as is most convenient,” in the set-out of dower to the plaintiff. The defendant contends that this expression refers entirely to the house itself, and the passing and repassing of the plaintiff to and from the several rooms in the house and its appurtenances. The court charged the jury that this expression was not confined to the house, but had reference also to the passing of the' plaintiff to the public street. We think the…
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