Hull v. Sigsworth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Replevin for a horse; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The following facts were found by the court. The horse in question, now four years old, was bred and owned by Rev. Vm. H. H. Murray, up to the 15th day of May, 1879, and was always kept on his stock-farm in Guilford.
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Replevin for a horse; brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County. The following facts were found by the court. The horse in question, now four years old, was bred and owned by Rev. Vm. H. H. Murray, up to the 15th day of May, 1879, and was always kept on his stock-farm in Guilford. About two years previous to that date, Sigsworth the defendant, then in the employ of Mr. Murray (and ever since up to the time of the purchase hereinafter mentioned,) bargained with him to purchase the horse, then a colt, as soon as he should earn money enough in Mr. Murray’s employ to pay for it.…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
It is found that Rev. William H. H. Murray owned and kept the horse upon his farm for three years prior to May, 1879; that in 1877 the defendant then in his service bargained with him for the purchase of it as soon as he should earn the money to pay for it; that in May, 1879, Murray sold and delivered the horse to him, taking his receipt in full for wages earned in payment; that thereafter he continued in the service of Murray, keeping the horse in his stable and feeding it from his hay and grain as before, paying Murray two dollars and a half per week for the hay and grain; that he took…
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