Sanford v. Pond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass de bonis asportatis and trover; brought to the Superior Court for the county of Fairfield and tried to the jury on the general issue, with notice, before Pardee, J. Yerdict for the plaintiff and motion for a new trial by the defendants for error in the rulings and charge of the court, and also on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The property which is the subject of controversy in this case was owned by Julius A. Preston and Edwin Barnes jointly, in the month of January 1868. It was at that time in and about certain buildings on Charles Island, which is within the county of New Haven. Pond, one of the defendants, testified that on the 24th of that month two writs of attachment in favor of Preston against Barnes were placed in his hands, and he, as a deputy to the sheriff of the county of New Haven, was directed to serve them by attaching the interest of Barnes in that property. These writs are not in evidence, and…
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