Mason v. Sault
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Tort for the conversion of a mare. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1918, Orange County, Stanton, J., presiding. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence both parties moved for a directed verdict, and the Court directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment on the verdict. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The action is trover for the conversion of a mare. The trial was by jury resulting in a directed verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant brings exceptions.
The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that the defendant executed and delivered to him a mortgage of the mare in question to secure the payment of a promissory note of even date therewith; that the mortgage was duly recorded; that the mare was, at the time the mortgage was executed, in the defendant’s possession, and so remained until some ten months later, when, without leave or knowledge of the plaintiff, the defendant…
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