Barron v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Exceptions to the Court of Common Pleas. This action was replevin. It was tried in the Court of Common Pleas on an agreed statement of facts, jury trial being waived. After judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant brought the case into this court on a bill of exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The statement of facts shows that the plaintiff owned certain liquors, kept by him for sale in a saloon’ under a license granted to his agent, Brown. The defendant attached the liquors on a writ against Brown as his property, and the plaintiff then replevied them in this suit. The defendant pleads property in Brown, and avows his taking under the attachment. At the time of the attachment, no one other than a registered pharmacist, or his assistant, could sell liquor without a license. Under a similar law it has been held in Massachusetts and Maine that such property is not attachable. It…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Monty v. ArnesonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Howe v. StewartSupreme Court of Vermont · 1868
- Nichols v. ValentineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1853
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