Flanagan v. Wood
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for two cows and five yearlings. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court at the September Term, 1859, in Chittenden county, — Bennett, J., presiding.
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Trespass for two cows and five yearlings. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court at the September Term, 1859, in Chittenden county, — Bennett, J., presiding. It appeared that upon the 7th day of March, 1859, the plaint-tiff, as sheriff, attached the property in question, together with two horses, some hay, and other personal property, as belonging to one Knight, who owned and resided upon a farm in Milton, upon which the property so attached was then in his possession. In addition to the property so attached, Knight also had at the same time upon his farm, one cow and one hog and a…
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
The doctrine that an actual and visible change of possession must accompany every attachment and transfer of personal property was early adopted in this State, and has been steadily adhered to It has been treated as our settled policy, and the business habits of our citizens have been conformed to it. Under our system of attachment, its practical application is of frequent occurrence, and numerous decisions of our courts have defined and illustrated its operation. From a rule of law so long settled and so well understood and relied upon by the comipunity, we are not at liberty to depart. The…
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