Gray v. Gibson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. Charles D. Gibson, William II. Mason, and Amasa Mason, brought replevin against Gray in the court below, for a quan-. tity of wheat. Gray pleaded the general issue, and gave no-, tice under that plea that the wheat was the property of one-Ells, and that he took the same as sheriff of the county of Wayne, by virtue of certain attachments issued to him against the property of Ells.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. Charles D. Gibson, William II. Mason, and Amasa Mason, brought replevin against Gray in the court below, for a quan-. tity of wheat. Gray pleaded the general issue, and gave no-, tice under that plea that the wheat was the property of one-Ells, and that he took the same as sheriff of the county of Wayne, by virtue of certain attachments issued to him against the property of Ells. On the trial before a jury, plaintiffs gave in evidence Title I., of Chapter IY., Part II. of the Revised Statutes of New York; and then called one Graves as a witness, who testified as…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.:
The view we have taken of the question presented by the third assignment of error, renders it unnecessary to. determine those raised by the first and second.
' We shall therefore notice the matters covered by the first and second assignments of error only so far as they may tend -to throw light upon the question raised by the third. We think it unnecessary to the decision of the cause to determine whether the copies of the certificates *308were duly proved as copies, or were admissible as such; because we think the original certificate, with the due preliminary proof of execution,…
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