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· 7/15/1844

Town of Wallingford v. Town of Southington

Citations

  • 16 Conn. 431

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The guilt or innocence of the defendant . . . depend[s] upon . . . the reasonable belief that it was necessary to kill.”
  • “The guilt or innocence of the defendant . . . depend[s] upon . . . the reasonable belief that it was necessary to kill.”
  • “The occupant of a house has a right to resist even to the death the entrance of persons attempting to force themselves into [the house] against his will, when no action less than killing is sufficient to defend the house from entrance.” (emphasis added and citation omitted)

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Judges: Other, Waite

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