Sheaffer v. Sensenig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 4, on verdict for defendants. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of cattle.
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Appeal, No. 188, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 4, on verdict for defendants. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of cattle. Before Livingston, P. J. The following memorandum furnished by defendants to plaintiff, was offered in evidence by plaintiff and admitted: To sales 44 Cattle 38,975 lbs. . Or. $1,198.83 By Notes $703.30 and $353.20 . 1,056.50 “ Feed bill 34.56 “ Commission . 44.00 “ Balance .... 63.77 $1,198.83 The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and by the charge of the court below, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
In this case the defendants are charged with having taken *640from the plaintiff’s stable, and appropriated to their own use, forty-four head of his cattle. The defendants admit the taking but deny that the plaintiff was the owner of the cattle or that in taking them they were trespassers. It is undisputed that whatever right or interest the plaintiff had in the cattle at the time of the alleged trespass he acquired by the agreement or contract with the defendants under which they were delivered to him in November, 1888. The defendants allege that the plaintiff…
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