Farrar v. Bell
Supreme Court of Vermont
REpeEvin for CATTRE. The issues made by the pleadings appear in the opinion. Trial by jury, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. A verdict was directed for the plaintiff and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The defendant excepted. Before trial the court allowed the plaintiff to file a new declaration and overruled a motion to dismiss the same.
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REpeEvin for CATTRE. The issues made by the pleadings appear in the opinion. Trial by jury, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. A verdict was directed for the plaintiff and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The defendant excepted. Before trial the court allowed the plaintiff to file a new declaration and overruled a motion to dismiss the same. It appeared that the plaintiff bought the cattle in question of her husband, Joseph Farrar, by way of exchange, prior to the impounding in question, but that there was no apparent change in the possession of the property…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
Action, replevin for certain cattle; plea, the general issue and notice that the defendant would give in evidence and rely in the trial of the case upon the facts that he was at the time of the impounding of the cattle pound-keeper of the town of Walden; that the cattle were impounded by one Kimball of that town while they were doing damage upon his premises; that they were delivered by Kimball to the defendant as pound-keeper; that at the time the cattle were replevied the defendant was legally detaining them as pound-keeper for the purpose of disposing of them under the statute; that they…
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