Barton v. Thompson

Zorn gave Thompson a bill of sale to a piano, but did not surrender the piano. Thompson sued out a possessory warrant, which was placed in the hands of Barton, a deputy sheriff. Barton executed the warrant and seized the piano. While the' instrument was in his hands Thompson dismissed the possessorywarrant proceeding, and brought an action of trover against Barton to recover the piano. A verdict was returned in the plaintiff’s favor, and Barton excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. The motion should have been granted. The gist of the action of trover is conversion. Thompson…