McKinnon v. McCollum
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Walton Circuit Court. This is an action of Trover commenced by the appellant at the Spring Term of said Court, A. D. 1854, against W. W. McCollum for the conversion of a horse. The County Commissioners of Walton County, in 1853, appointed J. W. Williams and James W. Moots, of said county, Bridge and Road Commissioners for road district No. 1., in said county, in which district the said John L. McKinnon resided.
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Appeal from Walton Circuit Court. This is an action of Trover commenced by the appellant at the Spring Term of said Court, A. D. 1854, against W. W. McCollum for the conversion of a horse. The County Commissioners of Walton County, in 1853, appointed J. W. Williams and James W. Moots, of said county, Bridge and Road Commissioners for road district No. 1., in said county, in which district the said John L. McKinnon resided. The oath of office was administered to J. W. Williams, one of said commissioners, by D. McLeod, Judge of Probate of said county, and the oath of office was administered to…
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an action of Trover for the recovery of a certain horse, and was brought up by appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton county. The declaration in the Court below was in the usual form; to which the defendant put in three pleas: Frst, The general issue, Not Guilty ; The second and third are pleas in confession and avoidance, in which the defendant set up as a defence that he was Sheriff of Walton county; that J. W. Williams J. W. Moots were Road and Bridge Commissioners of a certain road district in that county ; that John L. McKinnon, the appellant, was a delinquent, and that at a…
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