Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-26
CHAPTER XCIII.

CHAPTER xcm.
 An act to Create and Establish Courts of Com
 moe Pleas in Hartford and New Haven Coun.
 ties. .. ..a .a Be 1t enacted by the and Senate aad House of
 Representatives in General Assembly con-
 vened: r.sa31
 SEC l. There shall be court in each of the counties of Hartford and New Haven, to known Pleas," to be held at the times and places here. matter assigned by judge residing in the county appointed and commissioned for that purpose. ssms. 5.tt yF4
 5.vs = ua-- ----svus- VT --sa-.~-.st sasuu pe held in said counties in the order and at the borrowing. to wit :-at Hartford, in Hartford county, and New Haven, in New Haven cLunty, on the first Monday of every month in each year, except in tho months of July and August and all cases brought to said court shalI be tried or otherwise disposed of, at the term ol the court held next after that to which they shall have been brought, unless continued by special order of court, and no term of said conft shall be adjourned sine die (except as hereinaf- ter provided) until every cause on the docket thereof shall have been tried, disposed of or continued or until the close of the third week of the term. .t. -
 SEC g. Said court shall have exclusive. cria. mai Jurisdiction over all civil causes which shall ! be brought before it according to law, and in which tne debt, damages, or matter in demand exceeds the Jurisdiction of justice of the peacr and does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, and may try the same by jury or other. wise, and proceed to final judgment and execu- ton, exercising the same powers in the premi- ses as are possessed by the superior cou,t over causes within it's jurisdiction but said court shall have no jurisdiction over criminal causes. nor over appeals from probate, or petitions for divorce. .s..
 SEC. 4. Said court shall also have exclusive. original jurisdiction over all suits in equity wherein the matter in demand shall not exceed tne sum of i've hundred dollars, (excepting suits TOT relief against any cause depending. or iudr. rendering in the superior court), and may, by itself or by committee, inquire into the fao,s. and proceed to final judgment and decree. ac- cording to the rules of equity provided, that in suitr for the redemption or foreclosure of mort- gage, the jurisdiction shall be determined bv the amount of the debt or liability secured. as described in the mortgage
 /, SEC 5 Appesls from all judgments of iusti- Nses of the peace from which an appeal is now cllowed by law; (except in criminal causes). ahail nereafter be allowed and taken exclusive ly to the next term of the court of common pleas, to be held in the county wherein the judgment appealed from shall have been render ed, on giving bonds as heretofore ,required by law: Writs of error from judgments of justices of the peace shall also be brought Exclusively to the said court at the next term thereof. in the county in which such judgment was render
 SEc. 6. Motions in error in arrest of iudg- ment. for rev trial. or to set aside a on.suit may be made to the court of common plea ., and as well as any question of law arising in . 4 case reserved for the advice and considerable n of the supreme court of errors. at it's aext term 10 De held in the county, to which term aIso shall be brought all writs of error upon anal Jaagments and decrees of the court of common pleas, and in respect to such motions and vrita the course of proceedings, and the Iimitation < by law prescribed for the supreme court shall be pursued and in force in the court of commop pleas.
 SEC 2 All actions which may be brought be fore the court of common pleas, shall be brought and tried in that county wherein the plaintiff ol dcfendent dwels, if they or either of them are inhabitants of this State but if neither o them are inhabitants of this State then iu the county where the defendant shall be when the suit is commenced, and if the defendant is no, within the State, then in the county wherein il situated the proper,y which is attached. oil SEc 8, The course of practice nd manner of proceeding in the ceurt of common pleai shall be conformed to that prevailing in tn, superior court. (so far as is practical, and sub ject to the discretion Of the court of commoI pleas in providing for any necessary modifca ton of the same from time to time,) and all rules of. practice prescribed by the General As Asembly. or the supreme court Of errors for th, superior court shall apply mut&tis mutandis t, tne conft or common pleas, so far as is conss tent with their nature sndsscope. 3s ' SEC The judges and clerks of the court O common piers shall have the same powers iu fssard to cases depending before. or returnabls 70 said court, as are at present or may be b, law given to the judges aud clerks of the supe
 HOT court, relative to causes pending in or re
 sufns nle 70 the superior ssourt and, all statute Y provisions regarding the trial, disposit:on q ana mooe oi proceeding in cases in the superi q kSL conrs @ sneil slso be applicable to cases ii !. wise herein provided. = " o'as1 e1s W src: 10. Each Of the judges of the con,t :, pleas shall appoint . clerk and an .S tr sstant clerk ef his court, who shall before sn N Ntering on the duties of their oface be rronsra I f, sHorn, and give bonds in the sum of one thou. sand dollars each, similar to thst required frou clerks of the svperior court, Said clerk an 1 Nasslstant clerk shall reside in the county. an have the same power, duties, and obii9ation
 and be entitled to the same fees as those nar
 taining to the clerks of the superior court