Stevens v. Bell

This action was trover for certain chattels claimed by the plaintiffs as their property, and averred by them to have been converted by the defendant to his own use. A trial was had, during the present term, on the general issue, before Sewall, J., and a verdict taken for the plaintiffs, for the sum of 22,000 dollars, to be amended, as to the amount, by the Court, upon evidence to be exhibited; and the whole subject to the opinion of the Court, upon the facts reported by the judge, whether the plaintiffs are entitled to recover. Both parties agreed, at the trial, that the chattels in question…