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This question on decided saint ...
(be pinintll, and be curried the cue
to the Supreme Court of the l'nitcd ,
States to review that ovation ol‘
jurisdiction; but, the Supreme (bunt!
of the United States decided that the , .
Federal Courts had no jurisdiction. .
Then when he attempted to press,’
the present case in the Superior Cour-ti t
he was met bv the claim that his,"
(use of action had outlawed while ‘sl 1’
,was pending in the Federal Court. Ofig
course if the first case- had been“.
brought to the Stair (our: and had“.
failed of a trial on its merits, hail,
ONSUL TWLOR EXPLMNS. could haw brought the case over"
»——-— a. again, to the State Court, Bin there
D'dflblil‘yt CODE. NOV 29. 1917- was no provision for a Cart“ which had :5
the Editor and Publisher of thematic; in tic redmt Court for inef’
I th Nortr‘alk Eyening Sentinel: idistrir-r “f C'mflfl'liful, for belong"
30‘1"! Norwallt, COB“. brought over arain in the state court. ..
he subscriber requeils you to cor ,no as to :tloid the claim that whit.» ll;
inaccuracies in an article in thelhati been pending in the Federal
e of your paper of Saturday. Nor-feature, the Statute of Limitatiom mu,‘
"1'17. 19". concerning til? undt’r'fnot run against it. So the legislature V
ed, 3' counsel (01' the plaintiff in crop before this case was decided in
case of Isaac H. Selleclt against thc Supreme Court of the United
rues B. Selleck and other execut~ States. changed the statute so as to ,
. whiclr came up in the Superior allow cases which had iztiltd o' o
rt at Bridgeport last it‘ridziy, Ix'J- trial «on their merits in lilr i-‘cdtrai
her 16. ‘ 5(‘ourt for the District of Connecticut._
he substance of your article is up to he brought one year after such fail-
e not only as to the facts lying ure, in any State Court. » E .
k 01 what was claimed in court. bill This legislation cuts off the tcchut-
to what actually occurred in court.
state in substance, that it was
imcd by counwl for the opposing
iy that "afil'l'k the plaintiff" (mean-
thc client of the undersigned)
.. lost in the courts,“ that the un-
signed “succeeded in three suc-
sive legislatures in getting law-s to
p his case" and that
e opposing counsel last Friday
ed the Superior Court to deny the
.bnlcnl pleadings made by the plain—
" (meaning the undersigned for his
lot.) who was plaintiff).
in other words you state and pic-
9 the undersigned as a lawyer
me client “had lont in the courts,"
ing afterwards to tho 1..., gturc
d securing legislation utici. enables
e lawycr to urge "technical" plew
behalf of his client.
Nothing of this character
lured by counsel opposing the un—,
reigned last Friday, but upon thi-
nirnry the undersigned, as counsel
r plaintiff, claimed that tho tit-fend-
is had been ‘iatnnding of!" a trial on
c mcritn for several years, and Were
lying upon old and ancient claims of
w, musty with age. and inapplicable
modern ideas. and based, as far as
in particular case was concerned.
un principles which Would work
nuifest injustice. Your accoint is
rcctly opposite to what occurred In
urt. except so far forth as it was
aimed by counsel opposed to the
titer, that he had suceeded in cans-
ging to be ’ passed, certain laws
bicb took away from parties, the
ght to set up defenses which were
nnifesily unjust, it was the oppose
lg counsel which were finding fault
i the new legislation ~took away
e procedure of the courts which
wanted to rely upon, to inter-
-.- "f.ebcnlcal" pleas. in opposition
plainiifl's claim.
The facts lying back of what oc-
rred in court and which still give 9.
tier understanding of what did oc-
r are in part, no follow:
The undersigned's client In 1904
id between five and six thousand
ollnrs, which he claims these defend-
is ought tobave saved him from
vying; and since that time he has
---.n trying to get a trial on the mer-
u, but has been put of! by one move
fier another.
life paid the money in August, and
taught his case in November, to the
tilted States com for the District of
m ecilcut. He in ring always voted
- another aisle. and never having
as neither: of another state, and
"slept on his rights.
great deal more. credit. than what it
cal pica of the Statute of Limitations, i'
in cases failing of a trial in Federal \-
f‘ourts. as it should. The Statute of 2-.
that a turn has
Limitations means
man is not “sleeping on his rights"
whcn hells trying to get a trial on tho
merits, and his opponent is "standlns
off" the case” and then havzng it
thrown out of court on some technical
ground.
tion which hurt'a nobody. and which
prevents an injuiitice, that counsel np<
posed to the undersigned WPi't' finding
fault with in court at Bridgeport last
Friday.
Another piece of ilKiSialiOH which
they were finding fault with was one
which clears up the general principles'
of the common law. and makes a prac"
ticnl working rule for claims made by
parties that a case. has been really dc-
citled before although the some por-
sons are not named on the record, as
plaintiffs or defendants. but were rcah
ly partlt-t-t to the suit because they
were "prosecuting" it in the name of
someone else, or defending in thug.
name of someone elsc who was a
party to the suit. This allowed par-‘
ties to appear in court as witnesses
and conceal from the court or their op-V‘
ponents lhat they had anything to (in
with the prosecution or defense of an --
action, while all the while they had a
direct pecuniary interest in the mat»
ter, as a party. The court of course.
would extend to ihclr testimony n
was worth. especially if they would
testify against their apparent inter-
ests. Then after having obtained a
favorable result in the name of the
party that write prosecuting or do
fending, they would afterward claimin
any suit effecting them on the same
subject matter, that they were really
parties to the suit, as they were either
prosecuting or defending. in the name
of the person‘s mentioned Is plaintiffs
or defendants, or bad the opportunity
offered to them to do the same. And
that being so. that decision was final
on any new case brought by or against
them. and in addition to that, their islator have always been confined to!
connection with the case being secrei.!pumng “Maggie and proxy-asst“;
it would allow them to claim the bene-l ”
fit of the decision in the former case,
'when it was to their advantage. and
theep quiet about it, when it was to
their detriment. Of course these
‘lblngs were not always done, but they
could be done, and the new law we
vents them from being done by statute
law, instead of compelling u party in
oted in this date. he claimed that he each case to restrain another from an t
inequitable use of a judgment.
liut certainly a ;
it was this kind of lcgislt- '
berefore could one in the Federal; The above facts concerning'the two
ouri. The defendant! in the tcaselaws found fault with at last Friday's
ho are now the some in the Superior‘hearing in the Superior Court. referr-
urt, did not strongly object to the’ed ‘to in your issue of Saturday, the
John of the plaintiff, that be‘was r 11th, could have been ascertained if
itizen of another state, in their on ,your informant had followed the case-
wer, for? they ofm'plyt‘ alleged that iwith any degree of care. But to turn
hey “had not unflicieni information around. and set out in an article, di-
0 form a belief.” This kind of an an-irectly opposite to what the proceed-
swer in court proceedings can be in-jings showed in court, is a little more
lerpeted on leaving n Wt! to Provelihan what would :be expected from a
. is specific dllegation, with no inten-
tion of introducing contrary evidence.
although contrary evidence is admis-
fble.
So this we “hung fire” in the
Federal Court, on podtponemenls
urged by the defendsnts, a number of
times, and once by the plaintifl, and
proofs were taken by depositions
throughout the country, and when we
were nbout ready to try the case on
Jurisdiction wu rdlsed; that is, that
be ploiniil was a citizen of Counsel
ticul. although he had never voted
here. but had voted in Inolher cute,
and or he became a resident of
00' cut. be abstained from voila!
in Connecticut, for the expuu pur-
m of retailing his eliilulfiip in
"I! state 0!. his former m
womb" aunt:
its uteri“, the question of want of‘
respectable newspaper like the Ben-
tinel. And you are respectfully re-
quested to retract the statements
which you made ln'your issue ‘of the
17th, in as full and its conspicuous I
manner is you made them“. The un.
dorsigned does not want to seem over-
pariicular about newspaper comment.
and allows, like the overageprnctls-
ing attorney, occasional garbled, and
frequently, grossly inaccurate accounts
of his clients’ cases appenring in the
requested by clients to demand’a re-
fraction. But when, as in the instance
of Kovember 11, your iuue coupled
the undersigned's profoasiousl duties
with his legislative duties. the under
ulgned deems it proper to request you
to male this correction.
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public press to pass unnoticed unless ,
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select from—a number
stock—several different styles to
cut colors~Regulsr price 815.00.
of dlfler-
518.00 TO $25.00 SUITS
$12.95
Suits taken from our regular
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DUCED
SAMPLE SUITS BE-
stock and many brought from
our Bridgeport store. A large so-
lection to choose from-Bulls that
Our entire , line of Fine Sample
Suits that sold up to $75.00 will go
snmnssnv PRICE wld up to ”590- on ale st Special Prices during
, / , $10.95 automation}: PRICE on, Annivenarr 3“,.
i in, e. /t / $12.90 7 .
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~ ' ‘ »- . SPECIAL COATS . -
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Ladies' and Misses' Win-
ter Coats-Regular price
Stuart looking Goats—
liiwy, brown end gray.
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t ”muggy enrol: Wng-ffisll P3103 the’j‘nmgm 8m 8, $22.50. gazgngg $27.50
; " $15.00 '
.0 $13.60 DRESSES $7 .98 $6.00 CHILDREN’S SAMPLE DRESSES
2‘ Silk and Ser Dresses leeied DRESSES ”'75
7,. from our flier stock“ 25 Serge and Velveiine Dresses, wnymphu on nleasmmliine
, I” W509 £3330 "W' sizes 6 to 14—Novy, brown and M Sc! W“
t u nanny pawn Burgundy—Regular price 35.00. F“ Silk ,_ 8°
"mugs "mg? "I“ . $12.95. $15.95. $19.95
Many Sample Goats se-
lected from our stock and
_We“will show beginning
tomorrow 9. Special Line
gular Price.
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to Select From.
ALL MILLINERY ,
,Our, Entire Stock of Shapes,“ Trimmed Hats
and F ancies to go on Sale at One—Half the Re-
Everything Must Go.
,] Thousands Of Shapes, Trimmed Hats and Children’s Hats
CHARGE ACCOUNTS‘OPENED
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matters which work for the common‘ M mane {III by “m M m 038”“
good, and relieve the judges from old. - Mb Ind {It Cd. meted; lb Rm: 1“.
iand technical rules whcih at fimes,’ and American
‘worlr manifest injustice, and which Corner loam I'd Chum '- Td. 1555.
new legislation’ enables a more
modern and better system to be ad-I
ministered in the ascertainment oil". ‘ '
"um, and in the enforcement of jug-ilegislation heretofore referred to will
(ice. ‘ lremain as a port ofxtbe statute law of
th recon
The laws which you have pictured; is state, in “Human” its p t
the writer as invoking, as "technical" form, indefinitely.. The W” of
[were laws directly the opposite, Theleonnecticut do not intend, as for as
were to remove technicalities and the the underlined observes, to take any
hardships which follow~ from them,ibficii'fl’d Step in any of their lawn.
and effect not only the particular case ‘ .
{that happened to come up for a hear-t cannot find any innit with the under-
:ing on pleadings last Friday, but all “fled in the WW“ 0‘ his leg-
other 033% gislatlve duties where legislation af-
The undersigned predicts thattths footing the public interests or Nor-i
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CENTRAL HOTEL
Certainly the people of" Norwslki
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walk were concerned.
This request is made pursuant to
and statute in such cases made and
provided with the reservation of all; ,1
the rights therein contained.
Yours truly.
7*? ~ H. W. Taylor.
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Marine Corps oflcer a way to end the
war quickly by dropping potato but
over the German potato fields.
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