Wright v. Starks

This is an action of trover, to recover for a flock of sheep alleged to have been converted by the defendant. The case ivas tried in the Ingham circuit, before Judge Gridley, by jury, and the defendant prevailed. The plaintiff brings the case to this Court, and assigns 12 allegations of error.

The circumstances of the case, as the record presents them, are as follows: The parties to the suit were two *222neighbors, living near each other, and both were farming in Ingham county. In December, 1880, defendant, on account of failing health, went to Florida, leaving his farm, farming implements and…