Doran v. Ryan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Book County. Action for the unlawful conversion of a span of horses and a cutter. The principal facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendant demanded a special verdict, and thirty-two questions were submitted to the jury. During his argument to the jury plaintiff’s counsel said, “ This practice of asking for a special verdict is the most vicious practice that we have in our day.”
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Book County. Action for the unlawful conversion of a span of horses and a cutter. The principal facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendant demanded a special verdict, and thirty-two questions were submitted to the jury. During his argument to the jury plaintiff’s counsel said, “ This practice of asking for a special verdict is the most vicious practice that we have in our day.” Defendants counsel: “ I enter an exception to that language.” Court: “ I rule that statement of plaintiff’s counsel as improper. I rule that under the law either…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
This is an action of trover for the conversion of a span of horses and a cutter. No exceptions are taken to the verdict of the jury on the facts. There were thirty-two special finding's of the jury on the various facts of the case, and it does not appear that more than five were necessary : First, that the plaintiff was the owner of the property ; second, that the defendant converted the same to his own use, as charged in the complaint; third, the value of the property; fourth, that the mortgage by which the defendant claimed to own the horses was void for want of a consideration; and, fifth,…
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