Mills v. Van Camp

Cooley, I.

The plaintiff is the wife of Wildman Mills, and sues defendant in trover for seizing and selling on a tax warrant a quantity of hay which she claims as her own, to satisfy a tax assessed against her husband. ■ The case was tried by the circuit judge without a jury, and is now before us on his finding of facts. The' finding shows that the hay was raised on plaintiff’s land and stored in her barn, where defendant, who was tax collector, levied upon it. He did not, however, take manual possession of the hay or any part thereof, but advertised and sold it in the mow, and left it there.…