Case Name: Mott v. Meach, Executor to Moses Meach
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-03
Citations: 1 Root 186
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mott v. Meach, Executor to Moses Meach.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
Mott v. Meach, Executor to Moses Meach.
It is no canse for arresting judgment that the jury have found a verdict upon evidence which in the opinion of the court is not sufficient.
Action of assumpsit, upon a promise of said Moses, made in August, A. D. 1788.
Plea — That the deceased did not assume and promise.
Issue to the jury — Verdict that said deceased) did assume and promise, etc.
Motion in arrest — That by the Statute against Erauds and Perjuries, and for the limitation of suits, the action is not sustainable. |

Opinion:
Judgment — Motion insufficient. The promise is laid to have been made within three years before the bringing of the action: besides tlie jury have found the promise: and it is no reason for arresting a verdict, that the jury have found it without sufficient evidence in the opinion of the court, for they are judges of the evidence. Same point adjudged at Hew Haven this circuit, in the case of Smith v. Bradly; Kirby's Rep. 61, Woodruff v. Whittlesey.