Reece v. Hoyt

Replevin by Thomas W. Reece against Beniah C. Hoyt, for a lot of goods. Pleas, the general issue; property in the defendant; property in the defendant and one Patty, as partners. Replications severally to the second and third pleas, denying that the property was in the defendant, and that it was in the defendant and one Patty, and re-affirming that it was in the plaintiff.

Trial by jury, verdict for the defendant, motion for a new trial-overruled, and judgment on the verdict, and for a return of the property.

The evidence is upon the record, and shows that Hoyt and Patty were partners in a…