Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, for the State of Connecticut, By CHARLES A. RUSSELL, SECRETARY OF THE STATE, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Rec. Aug. 1, 1887 PREFATORY NOTE. In the present volume the cases are printed in the order in which the opinions were filed without reference to the terms of the court. The date at the head of each page is that of the filing of the opinion. To each case is prefixed a memorandum of the county or district, of the term, and of the judges sitting, and at the foot of the head-note the dates of the argument and decision. It is proposed to pursue the same course in the later volumes. The cause of the absence of any judge will not be noted, and where a judge of the Superior Court is called in to sit in a case his name will be given with the others without mentioning the fact that he is a judge of that court, leaving the reader to ascertain for himself by reference to the list of the judges of both courts which will be prefixed to the volume. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS DURING THE TIME OF THE WITHIN DECISIONS. HON. JOHN DUANE PARK, CHIEF JUSTICE. HON. ELISHA CARPENTER. HON. DWIGHT WHITEFIELD PARDEE. HON. DWIGHT LOOMIS. HON. MILES TOBEY GRANGER. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. HON. EDWARD I. SANFord. HON. SIDNEY B. BEARDSLEY. HON. CHARLES B. ANDREWS. HON. HENRY STODDARD. HON. DAVID TORRANCE. HON. JAMES PHELPS. TABLE OF THE CASES REPORTED. PAGE Aborn v. Rathbone Appeal from Commissioners, City Bank's. . 444 . 521 116 Bradley, Halfway River School Dist. v. Bridgeport Knife Co., Schietenger v. 122 5 53 88 11 338 244 232 17 5 1 74 64 213 53 Bridgewater (Town of) v. Town of Roxbury, Canaan (Town of), Town of New Hartford v. |