Hubley Manufacturing & Supply Co. v. Ives
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a judgment of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, where a counterclaim for damages for a breach of a contract of sale was held insufficient on demurrer (Bennett, J.), and judgment rendered for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The sole question in this cause is whether a claim for unliquidated damages for breach of contract can be set off in a suit by a nonresident, upon a judgment of a sister State, against a citizen of Connecticut.
The defendant, admitting in his answer that the judgment was duly rendered in 1899 and that $123.74 remains unpaid upon it, pleaded by way of counterclaim that in May, 1904, the defendant agreed to buy of the plaintiff, arid the plaintiff agreed to sell and deliver to the defendant, certain goods at a certain price, but that the plaintiff refused to deliver them as agreed, to the damage…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Welles v. RhodesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Harral v. LevertySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Rowan v. Sharps' Rifle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
- Goodwin v. KeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Boothe v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Hagearty v. RyanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Downing v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
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