Buckley v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action ok Trover to recover tbe value of certain wire taken and sold by the defendant under an execution against the Independent Telephone Exchange. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1918, Orleans County, Wilson, J., presiding. At the close of the evidence both parties moved for a directed verdict; and the Court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.
This is an action of trover brought against the defendant, a deputy sheriff, for selling 4,875 pounds of telephone wire on an execution in favor of one Corliss and against the Independent Telephone Exchange, hereinafter called the telephone company. The plaintiff claimed to own the wire by purchase of the telephone company at the time a suit brought by Cook & Norton against that company was settled as stated below.
The examination of the plaintiff’s first witness was concluded by an agreement of counsel that the defendant took the wire in question as a public officer, and sold it on execution,…
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