Bissell v. Hopkins
New York Supreme Court
On error from the Court of Common Pleas of the county-of Livingston. The action in the Court below was trover,, for a bay mare, by Hopkins against Bissel, in which the juryfoun(* a special verdict, as follows : That, before the conversion of the mare, one Jesse Dryer was th® owner, and had the possession of her ; and on the-1 st October, 1819, executed and delivered to Hopkins a cer- “ % 274.84T. Whereas ... tain instrument in writing as follows : in the ^ Jcsse Dryer, am…
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On error from the Court of Common Pleas of the county-of Livingston. The action in the Court below was trover,, for a bay mare, by Hopkins against Bissel, in which the juryfoun(* a special verdict, as follows : That, before the conversion of the mare, one Jesse Dryer was th® owner, and had the possession of her ; and on the-1 st October, 1819, executed and delivered to Hopkins a cer- “ % 274.84T. Whereas ... tain instrument in writing as follows : in the ^ Jcsse Dryer, am indebted' to Samuel M- Hopkin sum of two hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty-four-ant^ a half cents, Being the…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Savage, Ch. J.
The facts in this case are shortly these: In September, 1817, one Jesse Dryer rented of Hopkins a tavern stand and small farm, at an annual rent of $120; which, however, was subsequently reduced. A, book account had commenced between them in April preceding. Settlements were made at different times. At one of them, on the 1st October, 1819, Dryer was found in arrear $274,84J ; and to provide for the payment and security of this sum, he executed a bill of sale of a variety of articles of personal property, including the mare now in controversy. It was agreed that the…
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