Ladd v. Hill
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of trover.-, in tvVo counts. The first was fois-five oxen and one ox-yoke, describing them by their color &c., and alleging- them to be of the price of one hundred and twenty dollars.
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This was an action of trover.-, in tvVo counts. The first was fois-five oxen and one ox-yoke, describing them by their color &c., and alleging- them to be of the price of one hundred and twenty dollars. The second count was for-a note signed1 by the defendant, and made payable to one Eli Denio, in neat cattle,.at a place named, on the 15th day of October, 1829-. The action was tried iipon the general issue, and the plaintiff obtained- a verdict, for about thirty dollars, being a less sum-than he contended1 for-. The-action was brought up to this Court by a bill of exceptions, taken to several…
1Opinion of the Court
Hutchinson, C. J.,
pronounced the opinion of the Court.— The defendant’s motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction was not such a motion as should be granted of course i for sufficient was-stated in the declaration to give the county court jurisdiction. The* note of one hundred dollars, in one count, and four or five oxen in another, alleged to be worth ‡ 120, prima facie, exceeded the jurisdiction of a justice ofthe peace. Themotion waspredieated upon asup-posed failure of the plaintiff to prove so large a sum due to him, as would bring his case within the jurisdiction of the county court.…
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