Davison v. Brown
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: R. G-. Siebeokeb, Circuit Judge. Action for the wrongful conversion of personal property. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The appeal is from an order granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
This action was commenced in the municipal court for Dane county to recover $150 damages for the wrongful and unlawful taking and converting of a threshing machine belonging to the plaintiff. The defendant, by his answer, justified the taking and conversion as sheriff, under a judgment and execution against Johns & Farring-ton. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the lower court, and the defendant appealed therefrom to the circuit court, where the cause was retried. At the close of the trial, and on February 2, 1895, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant of no…
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