Case Name: Frisbie v. Coburn
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-08
Citations: 1 Root 208
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frisbie v. Coburn.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 208–208

Head Matter:
Frisbie v. Coburn.
No bond is required by statute, upon an appeal from a justice.
Eeboe to reverse a judgment of the Comity Court, in dismissing an appeal from a justice, because no bond had been given upon said appeal. .
Error assigned — That the- statute does not require that bond should be given in such case.
Judgment — Manifest error.

Opinion:
By the Court.
All appeals are by statute, and the statute does not require that a bond should be given upon taking out an appeal from a justice. After this decision the general assembly altered the law, and required a bond to be given in such cases.