Plumb v. Ives
Supreme Court of Connecticut
TRESPASS de bonis asportatis; brought to the Court of Common Pleas, and tried on the general issue closed to the jury, before Pardee, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and motion for new trial by the defendant for error in the charge of the court. The case will be sufficiently understood from the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCaepenter, J.
This is an action of trespass to recover damages for taking and carrying away a quantity of tobacco. The plaintiff is a married woman. The tobacco was raised on land in which her husband once had a life estate in his own right, but which, previous to the growth of the tobacco, had been conveyed to the wife. The plaintiff offered in evidence four deeds, all dated March 23d, 1871, and all describing the same property. Two of them were from the husband to E. Y. Yale, one a warranty'and one a quit-claim deed. The others, one a warranty and one a quit-claim, were from said Yale to the plaintiff.…
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