Heald v. Thing
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
■ Replevin for certain goods and chattels. The trial of the action, at April term, 1856, before May, J., resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The case is presented to the full Court on Exceptions taken by the defendant. The matter in controversy, and the rulings of the Judge at Nisi Prius, chiefly relied upon to support the exceptions, appear in the opinion of the Court. [No briefs or minutes of the arguments of counsel are found on the files of the Reporter.]
1Opinion of the Court
*393The exceptions were argued in 1856. The following, adopted as the opinion of the Court, was drawn up by
Rice, J.
Replevin for a quantity of personal property. Writ dated March 9, 1854. To establish his title to the property described in his writ, the plaintiff introduced a bill of sale, the execution of which was in the handwriting of the defendant, and dated. March 14, 1853. The defence principally relied upon was that the bill of sale was executed by the defendant at a time when, by reason of severe illness, he was insane.
To establish this point in the defence, he called Dr. Russell, a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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