Willet v. Clark
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff. Trover for the conversion of four cords of wood alleged to have been taken and carried away by the defendant. The action was brought in the Portland Municipal Court. Plea, the general issue. After trial had, said court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, and thereupon the defendant appealed to the Cumberland County Superior Court.
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On exceptions by plaintiff. Trover for the conversion of four cords of wood alleged to have been taken and carried away by the defendant. The action was brought in the Portland Municipal Court. Plea, the general issue. After trial had, said court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, and thereupon the defendant appealed to the Cumberland County Superior Court. At the trial in the Superior Court, it appearing that the plaintiff did not have the entire title to the wood sued for, he was allowed to amend his writ by adding the names of Grace L. Procter and E. E. Procter as parties plaintiff. The…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
This was a personal action of trover for the conversion of personal property. It was begun in the Portland Municipal Court where judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. Whereupon the defendant duly appealed to the Superior Court for Cumberland County and duly entered his appeal. In the Municipal Court the only plea filed by the defendant was the general issue, but in the Superior Court he asked leave to add a brief statement that the title to the property described in the declaration was in himself. Leave to do this was granted against the plaintiff’s objection, and he excepted.
The plaintiff…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- King v. LaceySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
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- State v. WhiteheadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
- Westbrook Trust Co. v. SwettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
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