Goldfarb v. Cohen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for labor and material furnished in doing electrical work on buildings which were alleged to have been owned by the defendant, and for which he was also a guarantor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the amended complaint was overruled {Gager, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the jury before Tuttle, J verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for $959, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover for labor and material furnished in doing electrical work on buildings which were alleged to have been owned by the defendant, and for which he was also a guarantor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer to the amended complaint was overruled {Gager, J.) and the cause was afterward tried to the jury before Tuttle, J verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for $959, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiffs entered into a contract with one Ruderman to furnish materials and perform work as electrical contractors on three houses then under…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The court did not err in granting the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file the amended com plaint. In fact no motion was necessary, for the amended complaint was filed within twenty days after the demurrer to the original complaint had been sustained. Practice Book, § 155 (d), p. 247. No attempt was made to separate and strike out the cause of action based on the written instrument, which had already been successfully demurred to. The demurrer to the amended complaint was based substantially on the ground that the written instrument, which for the sake of brevity may somewhat inaccurately be…
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