Judges of the Oneida Common Pleas v. People ex rel. Savage
New York Supreme Court
[80] Error from the supreme court. An action of trover, for the conversion of fourteen saw-logs, was brought in the Oneida common pleas by Esther Sanford against Eli Savage. The defendant pleaded the general issue. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiff proved that the logs belonged to her, and that they were delivered to the defendant at his saw-mill by a servant of Charles 0. Sanford (a son of the plaintiff), for the purpose of being sawed into boards.
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[80] Error from the supreme court. An action of trover, for the conversion of fourteen saw-logs, was brought in the Oneida common pleas by Esther Sanford against Eli Savage. The defendant pleaded the general issue. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiff proved that the logs belonged to her, and that they were delivered to the defendant at his saw-mill by a servant of Charles 0. Sanford (a son of the plaintiff), for the purpose of being sawed into boards. A demand, and refusal to account for the logs, were shown. There was no evidence that previous to such demand, the defendant had any…
1Opinion of the Court
After advisement, the following opinions were delivered :
By the Chancellor.
The first and second points of the plaintiffs in error, which relate to matters of form merely, and which were never before the court below in such a manner as to enable that court to pass upon the questions attempted to be raised thereon here, were properly disposed of upon the argument, and are therefore not entitled to further consideration.
[85] The next question is, whether the court below was right in supposing that it appeared from the return of the plaintiffs in error that the title to land did not come in…
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