Ahern v. Easterby
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin for a cooking stove claimed to be unlawfully, detained; brought to tlie City Court of the city of Hartford, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice, before-Sumner, J. The court found the following facts. For several months prior to December 4th, 1874, the plaintiff and his wife had been house-keeping, and had used the stove replevied in this action, which had been bought and paid for by the plaintiff.
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Replevin for a cooking stove claimed to be unlawfully, detained; brought to tlie City Court of the city of Hartford, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice, before-Sumner, J. The court found the following facts. For several months prior to December 4th, 1874, the plaintiff and his wife had been house-keeping, and had used the stove replevied in this action, which had been bought and paid for by the plaintiff. On that day the plaintiff was. committed to jail for the term of four months for an assault and battery upon his wife, and remained in jail until about April 4th, 1875.…
1Opinion of the Court
Pardee, J.'
The case finds that on the 4th day of December, 1874, the plaintiff was committed to jail for the period of four months for an assault and battery upon his wife, taking with him all his money; that during his term of imprisonment she was in ill health, physically unable to work or maintain herself, and for a considerable portion of the time was under medical treatment in consequence of the assault; that she became destitute and suffered from want of the necessaries of life; that she sold a cooking stove belonging to him for twenty dollars to the defendant, who knew of her destitute…
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