King v. Bates
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Cheshire Circuit Court. Replevin, for three horses. The plaintiff claimed title by a purchase of the property from one Welcome O. Bates, made about June 10, 1878. The defendants pleaded and claimed title in the defendant, Simpson E. Bates, as a conditional vendor to the said Welcome O. Bates, prior to the plaintiff’s purchase, and introduced as evidence of such conditional sale the following paper: “ $1,250. Barre, March 3, 1873. Received of Simpson E. Bates, four…
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From Cheshire Circuit Court. Replevin, for three horses. The plaintiff claimed title by a purchase of the property from one Welcome O. Bates, made about June 10, 1878. The defendants pleaded and claimed title in the defendant, Simpson E. Bates, as a conditional vendor to the said Welcome O. Bates, prior to the plaintiff’s purchase, and introduced as evidence of such conditional sale the following paper: “ $1,250. Barre, March 3, 1873. Received of Simpson E. Bates, four horses and four harnesses, and one team wagon, for which I promise to pay him, or his order, the sum of twelve hundred and…
1Opinion of the Court
FROM CHESHIRE CIRCUIT COURT. The ruling of the court, excluding the evidence offered by the defendants in regard to the possession of the paper containing evidence of the conditional sale by the defendant Bates as his own property, was correct. By the fiftieth rule of court, it is provided "That in all trials, whether by the jury or the court, the plaintiff shall put in his whole case before resting, and shall not thereafter, except by permission of the court, upon good cause shown, be permitted to put in any evidence except such as may be strictly rebutting; and the defendant shall, before…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Luey v. BundySuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1838
- Sargent v. GileSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1836
- In re GrotonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1861
- Sanborn v. ColmanSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1832
- Sanford Manufacturing Co. v. WigginSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1843
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