Crouch v. Martin

Martin declared against Crouch in an action of detinue, for unlawfully detaining from him a certain grey mare, of the value of 60 dollars, of his proper goods and chattels, and to his damage 100 dollars. An issue was joined on the general plea of non detinet, which was tried by a jury, and a verdict *257found for the plaintiff in these weirds, — “We, the jury, find the property named in the declaration to be in the plaintiff, and find the value thereof to be 60 dollars;” upon which the defendant moved in arrest of judgment, but the motion was overruled and final judgment rendered on the verdict…