Case Name: ROYAL BARTON vs. JEREMIAH F. SHEA
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1936-10-27
Citations: 4 Conn. Supp. 278
Docket Number: File #50908
Parties: ROYAL BARTON vs. JEREMIAH F. SHEA.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Supplement
Volume: 4
Pages: 278–279

Head Matter:
ROYAL BARTON vs. JEREMIAH F. SHEA.
Superior Court New Haven County
File #50908
Present Hon. NEWELL JENNINGS, Judge.
Edward S. Snyder, Attorney for the Plaintiff.
FitzGerald, Foote & FitzGerald, Attorneys fc: the Defendant.
MEMORANDUM FILED OCTOBER 27, 1936.

Opinion:
JENNINGS, J.
The defendant has pleaded in abatement because of the admitted failure of the plaintiff to fully comply with General Statutes Section 5619 in regard to the filing of a bond. The plaintiff seeks permission to amend to cure this formal defect. It would doubtless be within the power of the legislature to dispense with this formality but until it does the recognisance or certificate of financial responsibility is a condition precedent to the validity of the writ and the defect is not amendable.
Morse vs. Rankin, 51 Conn. 326; Harris vs. Harris & Gans Co., 3 Conn. Sup., 434.
Motion denied.