Dorris v. Rice

The plaintiff recovered a judgment of $21.80. The case is brought here by writ of error.

The court charged the jury in part as follows:

“This case is what is known in law as an action in trover and is brought by the plaintiff, J. Dwight Dorris, to recover from the defendant the value of an undivided one-half interest in a certain colt foaled of a mare owned by the defendant, and brought under an alleged agreement made between the plaintiff and Freeman Palmer, who was at that time the owner of the mare, and by the terms ■of which agreement the plaintiff was to pay for the services of the horse,…