Silverstein v. O'Brien
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for the conversion of personal property. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The defendant is a constable, and is sued for the conversion of a small stock of goods which he attached on a writ against the plaintiff’s father. The only question in issue at the trial was whether the goods belonged to the plaintiff or to her father. To corroborate her testimony that she owned the property, and to establish her title, the plaintiff was allowed to put in evidence sundry papers purporting to be receipts for rent paid for the premises where the goods were kept, signed by former owners of the real estate, and reciting that the rent was received from her.
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