Legal Opinion

Morse v. Kenney

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 6, 1914PublishedCited by 22 opinions

General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the March Term, 1913, Rutland County, Butter, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant to recover his costs. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

This is an action of general assumpsit. Plea the general issue and trial by court. The plaintiff is a livery stable keeper and seeks to recover for the board and care -of a certain horse. One Badlam was the owner of the horse in question which was being kept for him by the plaintiff. On May 25, 1911, the defendant, a farmer, went to the plaintiff’s stable to purchase a horse for use on his farm. The plaintiff being absent, his servant, one Spaulding, who was in charge of the stable, told the defendant that the Badlam horse was for sale, that it was a good work horse suitable for defendant’s…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Board of Highway Commissioners v. City of BloomingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Hertzog v. HertzogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
  3. Harley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Wojahn v. National Union Bank of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  5. State v. Village of St. JohnsburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1887

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  4. Legault v. LegaultSupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
  5. Cushman v. OutwaterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1960

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