Riford v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of trover for a coat, commenced before a justice of the peace, appealed by the defendant to the county court, and tried before a jury, June Term, 1834, upon which trial the plaintiff obtained a verdict in his favor.
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This was an action of trover for a coat, commenced before a justice of the peace, appealed by the defendant to the county court, and tried before a jury, June Term, 1834, upon which trial the plaintiff obtained a verdict in his favor. The cause came here upon the following bill of exceptions, filed by the defendant: “The plaintiff, in support of the issue on his part, introduced evidence tending to prove, that in January, 1834, he purchased a ■piece of fulled cloth of David Partridge ; — that afterwards he gave a Miss Riford two dollars to purchase trimmings for a coat, and directed her to…
1Opinion of the Court
*418The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
It appears by the case that the evidence introduced tended to prove incontestably the property in plaintiff, tpat tpe coat was procured for the use of Asa Riford, who had permission to wear it until called for. He had no authority or permission to sell or exchange it. When he did sell he was liable to the plaintiff. Any one to whom _ he sold would also be liable to jhe plaintiff if be either used it as his own or refused to deliver it on demand.
The defendant, however, contended that the jury were at liberty to infer a gift to Asa of the…
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