Cleveland v. Rand
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for the conversion of two bulls, two cows, one yearling heifer, and seventeen sheep, which defendant, as. deputy sheriff, sold on an execution in favor of one "W. TI. Wright and against C. H. S. Cleveland, the plaintiff’s husband. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the June Term, 1914, Lamoille County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Trover for the conversion of two bulls, two cows, one yearling heifer, and seventeen sheep, which defendant, as. deputy sheriff, sold on an execution in favor of one "W. TI. Wright and against C. H. S. Cleveland, the plaintiff’s husband. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the June Term, 1914, Lamoille County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. It is found that at the time of the sheriff-sale, the property in controversy belonged to the plaintiff; she purchased the heifer when a calf; she also personally traded for the sheep; her husband purchased…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
It is found that at the time of the sheriff-sale, the property in controversy belonged to the plaintiff. The defendant says, however, that upon the facts found the plaintiff is estopped from asserting her ownership, and consequently to render judgment in her favor was error. This is the sole question presented.
The statement of facts shows no finding that Wright, before entering into the contract upon which his debt against the plaintiff’s husband is based, had any personal knowledge or information of any of the acts of the latter respecting her personal property, or of what she had done, or…
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