Jones v. Lake
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO WALWORTH COUNTY COURT. This cause was brought into the Walworth County Court, by appeal from the judgment of a justice the peace of that county, and was tried at the Sep-ternber Term, 1852. ' The plaintiff below, now defendant in error, de: dared in tresspass, for taking and carrying away twenty hogs, and twenty pigs, the' proper+y of the plaintiff, of the value of $100. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and gave notice, in writing, that at the time of the…
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ERROR TO WALWORTH COUNTY COURT. This cause was brought into the Walworth County Court, by appeal from the judgment of a justice the peace of that county, and was tried at the Sep-ternber Term, 1852. ' The plaintiff below, now defendant in error, de: dared in tresspass, for taking and carrying away twenty hogs, and twenty pigs, the' proper+y of the plaintiff, of the value of $100. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and gave notice, in writing, that at the time of the taking, the hogs were not the property of the plaintiff, but were the property of Henry D. Cotton and one Henry Lake, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
This is an action of trespass de bonis, for the taking and carrying away of the plaintiff’s hogs and pigs. -The plea is the general issue, and notice is given under it, that the defendants will prove on the trial that the property, at the timé of the trespass alleged, was the property of Henry D. Cotton and Henry Lake, and that the same was taken under an attachment' issued by Dean Hooper, justice of the peace, -in favor of the defendants, against Henry Lake and the said Cotton.
The defence in this case, on the part of the defendants below, as disclosed by the pleadings,…
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