Barry v. McGrade
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Tliis action was brought in the District Court for Ramsey county, to recover'damages for the wrongful taking and conversion of forty-nine sheep and sixteen lambs alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. Issue was joined in the action, the defendants all appearing and answering by the same attorneys. The place of trial was changed to Carver county, and the action was tried before the Court — without a jury.
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Tliis action was brought in the District Court for Ramsey county, to recover'damages for the wrongful taking and conversion of forty-nine sheep and sixteen lambs alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. Issue was joined in the action, the defendants all appearing and answering by the same attorneys. The place of trial was changed to Carver county, and the action was tried before the Court — without a jury. The facts as found by the Court below, and as they appear in the “ case,” are substantially as follows : The sheep and lambs were the property of the plaintiff, and were in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gourt
HoMillaN, JT.
It is found by the Court, that the defendant, Cressey, as deputy sheriff, by virtue of a certain execution, levied upon and took into his possession, and from the possession of Henry IT. Williams, the defendant in the execution, as his property, certain sheep and lambs; that the same were levied upon and taken in connection with a large flock of sheep and lambs, all in said Williams’ possession. The Court also finds that in September, 1862, the plaintiff, Barry, was the owner of certain sheep and lambs, and at that time let the same to Williams, in whose actual…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dodge v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1864
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