Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors: From July A. D. 1789 to June A. D. 1793; with a Variety of Cases Anterior to that Period. Prefaced with Observations Upon the Government and Laws of Connecticut. To which is Subjoined, Sundry Law Points Adjudged, and Rules of Practice Adopted in the Superior Court, Volume 1Hudson and Goodwin, 1798 - Court rules "With a variety of cases anterior to that period [1764-1789]. Prefaced with observations upon the government and laws of Connecticut. To which is subjoined, sundry law points adjudged, and rules of practice adopted in the Superior Court."--T.p. |
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... Plea in abatement - That by a late ftatute of this ftate , the currency of faid bills are prohibited in this ftate , and thereby the offence is taken away . Judg- ment that the plea is sufficient . bills the cur- rency of which is ...
... Plea in abatement - That by a late ftatute of this ftate , the currency of faid bills are prohibited in this ftate , and thereby the offence is taken away . Judg- ment that the plea is sufficient . bills the cur- rency of which is ...
Page 54
... Plea in abatement- That the goods attached are not described in upon an attach the officers return with fufficient certainty - Demurer . ment , although neither perfon or eftate is hol- den thereby . If a writ of er- ror is not three ...
... Plea in abatement- That the goods attached are not described in upon an attach the officers return with fufficient certainty - Demurer . ment , although neither perfon or eftate is hol- den thereby . If a writ of er- ror is not three ...
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... plea is fufficient .. New - London County , March Term , A. D. 1773 . Hyde verf . Park . A CTION of account for money had and received in Great - Britain , of Gen. Phinehas Lyman , & c . Plea - That the defendant was never bailiff , and ...
... plea is fufficient .. New - London County , March Term , A. D. 1773 . Hyde verf . Park . A CTION of account for money had and received in Great - Britain , of Gen. Phinehas Lyman , & c . Plea - That the defendant was never bailiff , and ...
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... Plea in bar - The ftatute against frauds and perju- ries ; demurrer . Judgment - That the plea is infuffi- cient , and for plaintiff to recover . Error affigned is - That the plea was fufficient . Judgment - Manifeft error ; for this is ...
... Plea in bar - The ftatute against frauds and perju- ries ; demurrer . Judgment - That the plea is infuffi- cient , and for plaintiff to recover . Error affigned is - That the plea was fufficient . Judgment - Manifeft error ; for this is ...
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... plea is fufficient . Mrs. Lane the widow of Lane , deceased , verf . Coply . CTION of ejectment for dower . Plea not guilty - Iflue to the jury ; who find the fol- lowing facts , viz . That thirty years before the date and impetration ...
... plea is fufficient . Mrs. Lane the widow of Lane , deceased , verf . Coply . CTION of ejectment for dower . Plea not guilty - Iflue to the jury ; who find the fol- lowing facts , viz . That thirty years before the date and impetration ...
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