Snow v. Sheldon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Replevin of a hay-tedder, sled, wagon and mowing-machine. Writ dated April 9, 1877. The defendant, a deputy sheriff, justified under an attachment on January 23, 1877, on a writ in favor of J. A. Palmer, against the husband of the plaintiff.
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Replevin of a hay-tedder, sled, wagon and mowing-machine. Writ dated April 9, 1877. The defendant, a deputy sheriff, justified under an attachment on January 23, 1877, on a writ in favor of J. A. Palmer, against the husband of the plaintiff. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Grardner, J., it appeared in evidence that previously to October 2, 1872, the plaintiff with her husband and family lived together on a farm in Ware, containing about one hundred and sixty acres; that on that day the farm was conveyed by the husband to Benjamin Hutchinson, who on the same day conveyed it to the…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
It appears from the bill of exceptions that the farm, containing about one hundred and sixty acres, was carried on under the management, and- generally by the personal labor, of the plaintiff’s husband. A number of cows and other animals was kept on the place. Additional laborers were employed to assist in the planting, haymaking and harvesting seasons. The management generally was such as is usual in farms in that *334part of the country. It does not appear that the husband had any other occupation, but in all that he did upon -the place he was acting as the plaintiff’s agent. The farm itself…
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