Legal Opinion

Hickok v. Buck

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 15, 1850PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Trover for a mare and colt. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, June Term, 1849, — Royce, Ch. J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff gave in evidence a lease of a farm to himself from the defendant, dated March 8,1847, to be cultivated upon shares for one year, by the terms of which he was to furnish the plaintiff with a pair of oxen and a horse, to be used in carrying on the farm, and proved, that, at about the commencement of the term, the defendant put upon the…

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Trover for a mare and colt. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, June Term, 1849, — Royce, Ch. J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff gave in evidence a lease of a farm to himself from the defendant, dated March 8,1847, to be cultivated upon shares for one year, by the terms of which he was to furnish the plaintiff with a pair of oxen and a horse, to be used in carrying on the farm, and proved, that, at about the commencement of the term, the defendant put upon the farm the mare in question, for the plaintiff to use, that this was the only horse furnished by the defendant, or used by…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kellogg, J.

This was an action of trover for a maré and colt, and it appeared upon the trial, that the defendant, on the eighth of March, 1847, leased to the plaintiff a farm for the term of one year, and agreed to furnish a pair of oxen and a horse to carry on the same. That at the commencement of the term, the defendant put *151upon the farm the mare in question for the plaintiff to use in carrying on the same, and that it was the only horse furnished by the defendant or used by the plaintiff for that purpose. That in October, 1847, the defendant took the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Flaherty v. HelfontSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1923
  2. Rutland & Washington Railroad v. Bank of MiddleburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
  3. Holmes v. BaileyNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Moore v. WinterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
  5. Becker v. GardnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932

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