Wells v. Nickles
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of tbe Territory of Utah.' The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Nickles brought replevin in tbe District Court of tbe Third Judicial District of Utah to recover possession of a large amount of sawed lumber, laths, and logs, of which he claimed to be the owner. The defendants, Wells and others, denied this, and set up ownership in themselves. The court, at the request .of the plaintiff, gave the following instruction to the jury: —
“ To make a case entitling plaintiff to recover, it is only necessary for him to show, by a preponderance of testimony, that the logs in question, and the logs from which the lumber in question…
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