Brady v. Beadleston
New York Supreme Court
Exceptions from circuit court, New York county. Action by Joseph Brady against William H. Beadleston and another to recover damages for illegal taking of plaintiff’s property in replevin. The court directed a verdict for plaintiff, and defendants moved for a new trial on exceptions directed to be heard in the first instance at general term.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
Stripped of verbiage, the complaint states that the plaintiff, Brady, was the owner of an ice-box, for which the defendants, who compose the firm of Beadleston & Woerz, brought replevin against him in a district court. The marshal, in that action, under the usual preliminary proceedings, took the ice-box away from Brady, and delivered it to Beadleston & Woerz. The complaint then set up title tó the ice-box in Beadleston & Woerz, and averred that it was wrongfully detained from them by Brady, after demand. Issue was joined by the filing of Brady’s answer, and the issue was tried and a general…
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