Case Name: Hurd v. Hull
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1793-01
Citations: 1 Root 505
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hurd v. Hull.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 505–505

Head Matter:
Hurd v. Hull.
A writ on wliich a duty lias not "been paid, is void.
Petition for a new trial on account of having misplead. The petition was continued from last court by the agreement of the parties, and was now to have been beard oni the merits; and it being now discovered that the duty has never been paid on the petition, this question was put to the court — 'Whether the duty might now be paid and certified and tbe canse proceed.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The statute is express and positive that no writ shall be valid, etc. unless the duty is paid and certified; and the agreement of the parties cannot alter the law.