Dowling v. Clark
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by a tailor against a deputy sheriff for the conversion of a sewing machine, by taking and selling the same on an execution against the plaintiff, on the 27th of May 1859. At the second trial in the- superior court, the plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that shortly before the time of the alleged conversion he engaged in the manufacture of ready made clothing, in which the sewing machine in question was necessary, and was used by a person employed by him;…
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Tort by a tailor against a deputy sheriff for the conversion of a sewing machine, by taking and selling the same on an execution against the plaintiff, on the 27th of May 1859. At the second trial in the- superior court, the plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that shortly before the time of the alleged conversion he engaged in the manufacture of ready made clothing, in which the sewing machine in question was necessary, and was used by a person employed by him; and the defendant introduced evidence tending to show that before that time the plaintiff had ceased to be engaged in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrick, J.
The instructions to the jury were correct. They embraced all that was asked for in the several prayers of the defendant, which, in reference to the facts proved in the case, were required or proper to be given. Dowling v. Clark, 1 Allen, 283.
Exceptions overruled.
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