Decker v. MannDecker v. Mann
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The only errors claimed in the appellant’s reasons of appeal are that the court erred in its charge, first, “in that it did not instruct the jury as to the legal effect of the evidencе tending to show that the defendant within six years before the commencement of the action had disputed the claims of the plaintiff ” ; second, “ in that it did not instruct the jury as to the legal effect of the evidence tending to show аccord and satisfaction of thе plaintiff’s claim ”; and third, “ in not charging the jury as requested.”
The evidence refеrred to in the first assignment of error is not rеcited in the record; it does not appear that the court was requested to instruct the jury as to its legal effect, or that a proper сonsideration of the evidencе by the jury called for such instruction. The аssignment is clearly inadequate to rаise the point, urged by the defendant’s сounsel, that payments made upon a disputed claim within six years before the bringing of the action would not suspеnd the running of the statute of limitations.
The second assignment raises no question for consideration, because thе record does not show that any evidence of an accord аnd satisfaction was offered upon the trial.
The third assignment of error does not comply with § 802 of the General Statutes, which requires that the precise error claimed shall be specifically stated in the reason of аppeal. A mere general statement, as that the court erred in charging as it did, or in refusing to charge as rеquested, where, as in this case, there were numerous requests covering а number of different subjects, is insufficient. This court has repeatedly refused to сonsider claimed errors which werе attempted to be raised by such gеneral assignments of errors. Osborne v. Troup, 60 Conn. 485, 490, 28 Atl. 157; New England Merchandise Co. v. Miner, 76 Conn. 674, 675, 58 Atl. 4; Chase v. Waterbury Savings Bank, 77 Conn. 295, 299, 59 Atl. 37; McAllin v. McAllin, 77 Conn. 398, 401, 59 Atl. 413; Farrell v. Eastern Machinery Co., 77 Conn. 484, 493, 59 Atl. 611. There is *88 therefore no question of law properly raised on the record for our consideration.
There is no error.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.