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Barker v. Lothrop

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided September 15, 1790

Connecticut Superior Court · decided 1790-09-15

Error complaining of the judgment of the City Court in an action, brought by Lothrop and Daniel Coit, executors aforesaid v. Barker, upon a note given to said Joseph Coit, per writ dated 22d day of January and served the 25th of February 1790, and made returnable to the City Court to be holden in March, whereby it passed over the court in the month of February.

Decided 1790-09-15

¶1The judgment of the City Court was affirmed.

¶2As to the 1st exception in error — It is obviated by the writ’s not being served until the 25th of February when the time of service for February court had expired.

¶3As to the 2d ■ — ■ The action was well in court, and if there was not a quorum of judges present to try it, it would have been continued of course.

¶4As to the 3d — The court said if this was the first case of the kind that had come up, they should be of opinion that an *224appeal ought to be granted; but the precedents are the other way; and upon the ground of precedents the court determined that there was nothing erroneous.

¶5The judgment was afterwards reversed in the Supreme Court of Errors, for the following reasons, viz.

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