Boothe v. Estes
Supreme Court of Arkansas
AppecA from the Circuit Cou/rt of Lawrence County. Hon. Beaueoet H. Neely, Circuit Judge. That the refusal to deliver the cow and calf on the written demand of Boothe, and the reasons given for such refusal, were a conversion. 2 Saund. 47 f., 47 p./ JParher vs. Coden, 2 Sir. 818/ Grant vs. King, 14 Verm. 367. The account upon which the judgment in the attachment was rendered, might have been the ground of a good cause of action against Tarter for Mrs. Crawford ; she may have…
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AppecA from the Circuit Cou/rt of Lawrence County. Hon. Beaueoet H. Neely, Circuit Judge. That the refusal to deliver the cow and calf on the written demand of Boothe, and the reasons given for such refusal, were a conversion. 2 Saund. 47 f., 47 p./ JParher vs. Coden, 2 Sir. 818/ Grant vs. King, 14 Verm. 367. The account upon which the judgment in the attachment was rendered, might have been the ground of a good cause of action against Tarter for Mrs. Crawford ; she may have purchased it at his request and on his promise to pay: Tarter’s liability to her on the account was a matter of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice ENGlisii
Trotee, brought by Boothe againsts Estes, for the conversion of a cow and calf. The cause was tried upon the pleas of not guilty and limitation; verdict for the defendant, and brought up on exceptions taken by the plaintiff to instructions given by the court to the jury. The evidence upon which the instructions were based, is, in substance, as follows:
Boothe claimed the property, by virtue of a purchase at a constable’s sale, under proceedings by attachment, before a justice of the peace, in favor of Letitia Crawford, against Bobert Tarter, and introduced a transcript thereof as evidence.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lawson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1849
3Cited by2 opinions
- Estes v. BootheSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1859
- Hill v. SteelSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1856