Young v. Ferguson

Opinion of the Court.

YOUNG brought his action of detinue against Ferguson, for a wagon and team, and proved that these articles belonged to a certain William Garrett, who sold them to Young, and executed a bill of sale; and that Ferguson, claiming them by virtue of a previous purchase from Garrett, before the sale to Young, took possession of them, previous to the sale to Young, not by delivery from Garrett, but adversely to him, claiming them as his own, and in that attitude has held them ever since. The court, on proof of these facts, instructed the jury as in case of a nonsuit, on the…