Aguirre v. Parmelee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trover, for forty seven bales of African wool, brought against Leander Parmelee, sheriff of the county of New Haven. The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice of special matter to be given in evidence.
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This was an action of trover, for forty seven bales of African wool, brought against Leander Parmelee, sheriff of the county of New Haven. The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice of special matter to be given in evidence. The cause came on for trial, before the superior court for New Haven county, at the April term, 1853, when the court found the following facts, and reserved the question, as to what judgment should be rendered thereon, for the advice of this court. On the 12th of September, 1851, the plaintiffs, being merchants, engaged in the foreign trade in the city of New…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
Upon the facts found by the court, in this case, we are of opinion, that the plaintiffs are entitled to judgment. If we look at the case, as the plaintiffs must have viewed it, at the time they ordered the goods to be stopped, which is, perhaps, the most natural aspect in which it is presented, by the facts, it is clear of all difficulty and doubt. The Thompsonville Company, through the agency of Mr. Orrin Thompson, purchased of the plaintiffs, in *482New York, a large quantity of wool, including the forty-seven bales in question ; and, while it is on its transit, from New York to Connecticut,…
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