Hayes v. Hayman

The plaintiff sues to recover from the defendant a watch, valued at two hundred dollars, which he alleges was stolen from him sometime since, and is now unlawfully in the possession of the defendant. He also claims one hundred and fifty dollars damages. t

The defendant, after pleading the general issue, avers that he bought the watch in good faith for the sum of two hundred dollars, and that he and his vendors having possessed the same more than three years, under purchase in market overt, he has acquired title by prescription, and prays that the plaintiff’s claim be rejected; but if,"the…