Martin v. Buswell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action of trespass against the defendant, an officer, for attaching and carrying away as the property of the plaintiff on a writ, one Aspinwall potato planter, one Standard or Rotary potato sprayer and one Hoover potato digger, each of said articles being mounted on wheels and operated by means of horses, mules, oxen or other beasts of burden.
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On report. Action of trespass against the defendant, an officer, for attaching and carrying away as the property of the plaintiff on a writ, one Aspinwall potato planter, one Standard or Rotary potato sprayer and one Hoover potato digger, each of said articles being mounted on wheels and operated by means of horses, mules, oxen or other beasts of burden. An agreed statement of facts was filed and the case reported to the Law Court for determination with the stipulation as stated in the opinion. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is an action of trespass against an officer for attaching three articles of farming husbandry, to wit: One potato planter, one potato sprayer and one potato digger. It is agreed that the plaintiff is a farmer and at the time of the taking of the above articles of property was and had been for many years engaged in farming as his sole business and occupation and that his principal farm crop is that of potatoes; that he plants and harvests each year about twenty-five acres of potatoes ; that the articles attached were purchased and used for the purpose of farming husbandry and that they…
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