Paris v. Hilliard
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March .term, 1889, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The plaintiff claimed to recover the price of hay furnished for the keep of a yoke of oxen. One Parker was the owner of the oxen and made the original trade with the plaintiff by which the plaintiff agreed to furnish the hay.
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General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March .term, 1889, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The plaintiff claimed to recover the price of hay furnished for the keep of a yoke of oxen. One Parker was the owner of the oxen and made the original trade with the plaintiff by which the plaintiff agreed to furnish the hay. After the oxen had been kept for about fourteen weeks, Parker mortgaged them to one Wheeler, who thereupon agreed to pay the plaintiff what already was, or might thereafter become due for the hay. Still…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
TYLER, J.
The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he owned certain premises in Danby that were occupied by one Parker; that on Nov. 13, 1888, Parker brought to the barn on the premises a pair of oxen for which the plaintiff agreed with Parker to furnish hay at its worth; that the oxen remained there fourteen weeks and during - that time were supplied with hay by the plaintiff under the agreement; that on December 6th of that year one Wheeler procured from Parker a mortgage of the oxen and in connection with the transaction orally promised the…
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