Dickerman v. Ray
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for five hundred saw logs. Plea, general issue. Trial by court, March Term, 1882, Yeazey, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. The action is founded upon a receipt given by the defendant to the plaintiff for said logs as property attached by the plaintiff as sheriff upon a writ in favor of one Puffer against one B. J. Hall.
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Trover for five hundred saw logs. Plea, general issue. Trial by court, March Term, 1882, Yeazey, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. The action is founded upon a receipt given by the defendant to the plaintiff for said logs as property attached by the plaintiff as sheriff upon a writ in favor of one Puffer against one B. J. Hall. The logs were drawn to and used by Johnson and Parmenter after the attachment, and thereby the defendant was unable to deliver them up on demand. The question was whether the logs were attachable by said Hall’s creditors. The condition in the writing was : The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
By the written contract between Priest and Hall, Priest agreed to sell and convey to Hall the land in question, when Hall should pay the purchase money, as stipulated in Hall’s note to Priest. The contract expressly provides that the standing timber should remain the property of Priest until the stipulated price should be paid,. Hall never paid for the land. Hall cut and sold some of the standing timber, and negotiated a sale of some part to Johnson and Parmenter ; but Priest gave notice to the said purchasers that he was the owner of said…
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- Cooper v. ColeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1865
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