Barrows v. Turner
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Reported from Nisi Prius, Tenney, C. J., presiding. This was an action of trover against the sheriff of the county of Somerset, to recover the value of certain personal property, which had been attached by his deputy Nye, as the property of Mott & Gage.
1Opinion of the Court
The facts in the case, and questions of law argued by counsel, appear from the opinion of the Court, which was drawn up by
Appleton, C. J.
On Jan. 31st, 1853, Samuel Springer and Charles L. Mott mortgaged their furnace building, shop, furnaces, flasks, &c., &c., to Thomas Tolman, to secure two notes, each for $250, one payable July 13, 1853, and the other Dec. 13, 1853. This mortgage was assigned on 7th Aug., 1854, to the plaintiff, but, on the trial of this case, he *128produced neither of the notes referred to therein. Instead thereof, he offered in evidence a note signed by Charles L. Mott,…
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