Alexander v. Mahon
New York Supreme Court
1N.ERROR, from the court of common pleas of Herkimer county. Mahon brought an action .of trover against Alexander In the court below. It appeared that the plaintiff below, as sheriff, had seized and taken the goods in .question, by virtue of a fieri facias against the goods, &c. of Jonas Churchill; and before the goods were removed from the possession of Churghill, the defendant below took them as a distress, and sold tbiém for rent.
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1N.ERROR, from the court of common pleas of Herkimer county. Mahon brought an action .of trover against Alexander In the court below. It appeared that the plaintiff below, as sheriff, had seized and taken the goods in .question, by virtue of a fieri facias against the goods, &c. of Jonas Churchill; and before the goods were removed from the possession of Churghill, the defendant below took them as a distress, and sold tbiém for rent. At the trial, the plaintiff offered Churchill as a witness, and being objected to by the defendant, he was rejected by the court. The defendant then offered…
1Per curiam
The court below undoubtedly erred in excluding Churchill as a witness. He stood perfectly indifferent between the parties; for it was immaterial to him which of them held his goods. He was entirely disinterested, for whoever succeeded in the suit, he was sure to lose his goods. His exclusion as a witness operated injuriously to the defendant in error. He was, however, excluded at the instance of the plaintiff in error. As Churchill was a good and competent witness, the plaintiff in error cannot avail himself of his confessions; and in overruling the proof of these confessions, the court below…
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