Williams v. Morrison
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
At Law. Motion by defendants for a new trial. For the report of the trial, see 28 Fed. Rep. 872.
1Opinion of the Court
Treat, J.,
(orally.) This was an action of replevin. The case was submitted to the jury under instructions given by the court. The case is peculiar in many of its incidents. I was very strongly under the impression, from all that was developed in the trial, that the court >ought at once to have ordered the dismissal of the case. Whether it should so do will be reserved for the next trial. In no possible aspect of the case can this verdict stand.
The circuit court of Wayne county issued a writ of replevin, under which writ, as far as the record discloses, 2,500 blocks of granite had been seized,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Covell v. HeymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- James L. v. CarrylSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re GouldSuperior Court of Delaware · 1921