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Smith v. Bradley

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided January 15, 1790

Connecticut Superior Court · decided 1790-01-15

<p>It is no cause of arrest, that the jury have found a verdict upon insufficient evidence. A promise, which arises hy operation of law, is not within the Statute of Frauds and Perjuries.</p>

Decided 1790-01-15

By the Court.

¶1It is no cause of arrest that the jury have found their verdict upon insufficient evidence, for they are judges of the weight of evidence. Woodruff v. Whittlesey, Kirby, 61. The consideration of the promise is laid to have been in April A. D. 1781, but the promise did not arise until the plaintiff was compelled to pay Ool. Champion said order; and it was a promise or obligation which the law raised from the natural equity of the transaction, and not within said statute.

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