Case Name: Butler v. Brace
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1791-08
Citations: 1 Root 302
Docket Number: 
Parties: Butler v. Brace.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 302–302

Head Matter:
LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
AUGUST TERM, A. D. 1791.
Butler v. Brace.
The court will not, in an action of trover, inquire after the. value of the property on a plea in abatement of an appeal.
Action of trover for a horse valued at £22 lawful money, and the demand in damages £30. Verdict in the County Court for the plaintiff, and £6 damages; the defendant ap'-pealed. The plaintiff plead in abatement of the appeal, that the horse was not worth £20.

Opinion:
Plea judged insufficient — A horse is of uncertain value; the plaintiff having valued him at more than £20 in his declaration, it is not competent for him to say the horse is not worth so much, contrary to his own declaration. See Miles v. Troop, at New Haven, January A. D. 1790.