Robinson v. Mead
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The plaintiff, naming himself of Boston, sued this writ of replevin of a chaise attached by the defendant, a deputy sheriff, of the county of Middlesex, at Cambridge, in said county.
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The plaintiff, naming himself of Boston, sued this writ of replevin of a chaise attached by the defendant, a deputy sheriff, of the county of Middlesex, at Cambridge, in said county. The defendant pleaded property in a stranger, and, after a verdict, finding the chaise to be the property of the plaintiff, moved in arrest of judgment for the following cause: — “ Because the said Robinson, by his own showing in his writ aforesaid, hath alleged that the goods and chattels therein mentioned were taken and attached by said Mead in Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, and not in the county of…
1Opinion of the Court
At this term the Court decided that the action was local in its nature, and the judgment was arrested.
Costs for the defendant.
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