Pierce v. Chipman
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of trespass, for taking a certain heifer, brought by appeal to the county court. — Plea, the general issue, to the court. On the trial the following facts appeared. Artemas M. Pierce was the owner of this heifer. On tho fiist of January 1835, he put her to one Aldrich, to be kept and fed out the winter and until grass.
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This was an action of trespass, for taking a certain heifer, brought by appeal to the county court. — Plea, the general issue, to the court. On the trial the following facts appeared. Artemas M. Pierce was the owner of this heifer. On tho fiist of January 1835, he put her to one Aldrich, to be kept and fed out the winter and until grass. On the first day of April, he and the plaintiff conferred on a purchase of the heifer, and on the eleventh the contract was concluded, and the plaintiff gave his note for twelve dollars for her. The said Artemas wrote and sent by his son'to Aldrich the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Collamer, J.
Somewhat has been said in argument, as to the propriety of the court below, having admitted under the general issue, the evidence of the attachment by the defendant. The court see no impropriety therein, but in truth that question is only presented in this case. That was decided fur the defendant, yet the judgment was against him. In filing exceptions he takes no exception to what is decided in his favor, and the plaintiff is entirely content with the judgment. The defendant cannot complain of objections, taken by the other party, which…
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