Shepherd v. Hawley

By the Court,

Prim, C. J.:

This action was commenced by respondent to recover the possession of a bull, which he claims was taken from him by appellant about the 26th of August, 1870, under pretense of posting him as an estray.

•It is claimed in the answer that the animal was both breachy and vicious, and was taken up and posted as an estray. The bill of exceptions develops the following facts: that appellant was a householder, and that he and respondent resided in the same neighborhood; that the animal in *207question was breachy and vicious, and had been running at large about the premises of…