Dillingham v. . Bolt

This action was brought to recover possession of a canal-boat. The Defendants, in their answer, justified the taking and detention complained of, under a chattel mortgage executed by a former owner of the boat to Defendant Ladue.

The cause was referred, and the trial before the referee resulted in a judgment for the Plaintiff, which judgment was reversed by the Court, at General Term, and a new trial ordered.

The referee found, as facts, that on the 27th of July, 1855, one James Thistle, then a resident of the town of Sweden, in the county of Monroe, owned the boat in question, and, being…