Wood v. Pierson

Graves. J.

Pierson sued in replevin and obtained judgment, and Wood and Chapman filed a bill of exceptions and brought error. The subject of the action was a breastpin found by Chapman and claimed by Pierson. Many of the facts are not disputed. Pierson lost at Bay City, July 18, 1878, a small diamond pin, which seems to have separated from the tongue in some unknown way. The circumstances of the loss and the manner in which the body of the pin and tongue became disunited are left unexplained. The metallic setting was a common pattern and the gem had no peculiarities to facilitate its…