Ball v. Bennett

This was an action by Ball against Frederick *428Bennett, and Mississippi Bennett, his wife, and another, to recover damages for an alleged trespass of the defendants in setting fire to and burning up a certain saw mill, machinery, lumber, &e., of the plaintiff. Answer in denial. Verdict and judgment for the defendants.

On the trial, the plaintiff having proven his ownership of the property, and that it was destroyed by fire on the night of the 10th of July, 1863, then offered to prove by a competent witness that said Mississippi had repeatedly been heard to say, at different times and places,…