Frome v. Dennis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

In August, 1879, the plaintiff left his plow on’ the farm of one Cummins, with the latter’s consent, until he, the plaintiff, should come and take it away. In April, 1880, the farm passed into the possession of one Hibler,' the plow still being there. In June, 1880, the defendant, a neighboring farmer, borrowed the plow of Hibler to plow a field, supposing the plow to be Hibler’s, and having used it, in three- or four days returned it to Hibler, still supposing it to be his property. In the summer of 1881 the plaintiff informed the defendant…