Briggs v. Hervey

This is an action of trespass quare clausum. The defendants attempted to justify under a license contained in a written agreement signed by the plaintiff, in the nature of a lease of certain articles of household furniture. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that, on June 11, 1877, she bargained with the defendants for a carpet, sofa and four chairs selected by her, which the defendants were to deliver at her house; that she paid $31.50 and signed the agreement to take effect upon such delivery; that the defendants sent to her house a carpet, sofa and four chairs, but the sofa and chairs…