Avery v. Woodruff

1 Root 76

• Court: Connecticut Superior Court
• Decided: July 1, 1775
• Status: Published

Opinion

ActioN of trover.- Tbe deposition of a woman wbo lived within twenty miles of tbe court, tbat bad a child of a month old, dangerously sick so tbat tbe mother could not leave it to attend court, was taken, and objected against as not coming within tbe statute; but by tbe court, was admitted upon tbe ground tbat it came within tbe reason of tbe statute.