Peshine v. Shepperson
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of trespass brought in 1845, in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, by Ijlisha Shepperson, a merchant of Richmond, 'against John S. Peshine and Adam B. Gouldthwait, merchants doing business in Newark, New Jersey.
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This was an action of trespass brought in 1845, in the Hustings court of the city of Richmond, by Ijlisha Shepperson, a merchant of Richmond, 'against John S. Peshine and Adam B. Gouldthwait, merchants doing business in Newark, New Jersey. The declaration charges that the defendants, on the 26th day of May, 184S, with’force'and arms, at the city *of Richmond, &c., without the knowledge and against the consent of the plaintiff, entered the store of the plaintiff, and then and there and from the said store took and carried away a large quantity of the goods and chattels of the plaintiff, to…
1Opinion of the CourtJoynls, J.
This is an action of trespass brought by Shepperson, a merchant doing business in the city of Richmond, against Peshine and Gouldthwait, merchants of the city of Newark, New Jersey, which abated, before *the trial as to Gouldthwait, by his death. The declaration alleged that the defendants on, &c., “with force and *430arms,” and without the knowledge and against the consent of the plaintiff, entered the store of the plaintiff, and then and there from the said store took and carried away a large quantity of the goods and chattels of the said plaintiff, to wit, &c., of the value, &c., and other…
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