Hoit v. Cooper
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
TROVER. The plaintiff claims the value of certain personal property: viz., One pair of oxen, two cows, four yearlings, three calves, and thirty tons of bay, all the property of the plaintiff, and which the defendant is charged with wrongfully taking and converting to his own use, on the 2d day of October, 1858. Plea, the general issue.
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TROVER. The plaintiff claims the value of certain personal property: viz., One pair of oxen, two cows, four yearlings, three calves, and thirty tons of bay, all the property of the plaintiff, and which the defendant is charged with wrongfully taking and converting to his own use, on the 2d day of October, 1858. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff' offered in evidence, that said property originally belonged to one Michael Piley, of Swanzey, in this county; that on the 22d day of May, A. D. 1858, he made and delivered to said Hoit Ms promissory note for $400, payable to Mm, or order, on…
1Opinion of the CourtNesmith, J.
Under the authority of the 7th and 8th sections of chapter 173 of the Compiled Statutes of this State, *115selectmen of towns can make their complaint before some competent magistrate against the putative father of any bastard, charging him with having begotten the same. Upon this complaint a warrant issues, in due form, under the hand and seal of the magistrate, directing such person, so charged, to be brought before some justice of the peace in and for the county in which the offence was committed, or in which such offender may reside. If found chargeable, the offender shall be ordered to give…
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