Harrison v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for one barrel of gin, one barrel of brandy and one barrel of cherry brandy. Plea, the general issue, and trial by' jury, at the December Term, 1858, — Redeield, Ch> J., presiding.
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Trespass for one barrel of gin, one barrel of brandy and one barrel of cherry brandy. Plea, the general issue, and trial by' jury, at the December Term, 1858, — Redeield, Ch> J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff introduced one Cummings as a witness* who testified that from 1853 to 1858, he carried on business in the plaintiff’s name, at West Lebanon, in the State of New Hampshire, and during the first two or three years of that time he was dealing in the plaintiff’s name to some extent in the purchase and sale of intoxicating liquor; that in the fall of 1853, he purchased, in the name of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierpoint, J.
This action was brought to recover the value of a quantity of intoxicating liquor, claimed by the plaintiff, and which was taken by the defendants, by attachment, on a writ against a third person.
The main question in this case arises on the charge of the court, and their refusal to charge as requested by the defendants.
The defendants requested the court to charge the jury that to entitle the plaintiff to recover it must appear that the liquor was purchased and kept to be used for medicinal, chemical and mechanical purposes only, or with the intention of being sold to, or by, an authorized…
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