Pierce v. Sweet
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Bradford county. This was an action of trespass by Elisha W. Sweet against Stephen Pierce and Gr. F. Redington, for taking and carrying away a quantity of boards, scantling, plank, and joist, under an execution against William Nichols and A. T. Nichols, upon which the plaintiff had a lien to the amount of $187.73, for manufacturing the said lumber into boards, &c.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Bradford county. This was an action of trespass by Elisha W. Sweet against Stephen Pierce and Gr. F. Redington, for taking and carrying away a quantity of boards, scantling, plank, and joist, under an execution against William Nichols and A. T. Nichols, upon which the plaintiff had a lien to the amount of $187.73, for manufacturing the said lumber into boards, &c. On the trial, the plaintiff called William Nichols, one of the former owners of the lumber in question, as a witness, who, being objected to by the defendants on the ground of interest, produced the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Strong, J.
The testimony of Nichols, if believed, proved that the plaintiff below, under his contract, had the exclusive possession of the mill and mill-yard, as well as of the mill-houses. Of course, when the logs were delivered to him for sawing, the Messrs. Nichols parted with the possession of them. In no sense was the plaintiff their servant, employed by them to bestow, labour upon personal property, while they retained possession of it. He was more than a servant. He was a bailee for hire, who received the ■ logs to convert them into boards, and…
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