Joslyn v. Moose River Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for the conversión of a horse. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the October Term, 1907, Essex County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. The property is not sufficiently described in the Garland mortgage.
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Trover for the conversión of a horse. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the October Term, 1907, Essex County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. The property is not sufficiently described in the Garland mortgage. Parker v. Chase, 62 Yt. 206; Kenison V. Stevens, 66 Yt. 351; Huse v. Estabrooks, 67 Yt. 224; Shum v. Claghorn, 69 Yt. 45; Desany v. Thorp, 71 Yt. 31; Stearns v. Silsby, 74 Yt. 68. By purchasing the horse, claiming absolute ownership thereof, refusing to deliver, and using the same in disregard of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This was an action of trover for a horse. The general issue was pleaded. Trial by jury was had and verdict and judgment were for the defendant.
February 17, 1905, one Sullivan then a resident of Concord in Essex County, in this State, but recently of Woodstock, New Hampshire, executed and delivered to one Garland a chattel mortgage of certain property. Garland was a resident of New Hampshire. Among other things, the mortgage described eight horses as follows: “One black horse, seven years old, one black horse, eight years old, one bay horse, six years old, one bay horse, six years old, one bay…
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