Case Name: Chapman and Steel, Trustees of Caldwell, an Insolvent Debtor, by Special Act of Assembly v. Thomas
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1774-09
Citations: 1 Root 67
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chapman and Steel, Trustees of Caldwell, an Insolvent Debtor, by Special Act of Assembly v. Thomas.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 67–68

Head Matter:
Chapman and Steel, Trustees of Caldwell, an Insolvent Debtor, by Special Act of Assembly v. Thomas.
Tlie authority of trustees to an insolvent debtor, is joint.
Plea in abatement; that since the commencement of this suit, and before any interlocutory judgment therein, the said E'leazer Steel, one of the plaintiffs died, and that the authority of the plaintiffs, as trustees, is hy the act of assembly a joint authority, and doth not survive to the surviving plaintiff — Demurrer.

Opinion:
Judgment — That the plea is sufficient.