Richardson v. Wait
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a cow. The action was referred, and on the hearing, on the referee’s report at the December Term, 1866, Kellogg, J., presiding, the court decided that the plaintiff, who was the purchaser of said cow, was entitled to recover judgment against the defendant for the sum of forty dollars, as reported by the referee, and also for his costs; and judgment was thereupon rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant accordingly.
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Trover for a cow. The action was referred, and on the hearing, on the referee’s report at the December Term, 1866, Kellogg, J., presiding, the court decided that the plaintiff, who was the purchaser of said cow, was entitled to recover judgment against the defendant for the sum of forty dollars, as reported by the referee, and also for his costs; and judgment was thereupon rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant accordingly. To this decision and judgment the defendant excepted. The facts found by the referee are sufficiently statéd in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
The question presented for adjudication in this case is, whether the cow was liable to attachment as the property of Jared Bolster. It appears that Mrs. Jane Bolster, (the wife of Jared Bolster,! with the consent of her husband, purchased the cow in question for her own separate property, and she paid for the .cow with money which she acquired by inheritance. Mrs. Bolster and her husband, at all times, treated the cow as the separate property of the wife, and it was kept separate from the property of the husband. Her husband never claimed the…
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