Hall v. Ray
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tins ivas, an action of trespass, wherein the plaintiff claimed to recover for one pair of ox-bows, three chains, one ox-sled, two plows, one ox-wagon, one ox yoke, one shot gun. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice of a justification under a writ of execution in favor of one Stephen Boyd against the plaintiff. The case was tried by the court, by consent of parties, at the December Term, 1867, Prout, J., presiding.
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Tins ivas, an action of trespass, wherein the plaintiff claimed to recover for one pair of ox-bows, three chains, one ox-sled, two plows, one ox-wagon, one ox yoke, one shot gun. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice of a justification under a writ of execution in favor of one Stephen Boyd against the plaintiff. The case was tried by the court, by consent of parties, at the December Term, 1867, Prout, J., presiding. The plaintiff proved his title to the property, and its value, and that the same was taken by the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was a farmer…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
The statute requires that, in case of the sale of prop*578ertyon execution, there should be a notification posted up in some public place of the time and place of the proposed sale, and that the sale should be made at such time and place, subject to the right of the officer, for proper 'cause, to adjourn said sale to some other proper time and1 place. In the present case the property was not sold at the place named in the notice. In view of what is stated in the exceptions on the subject, this court is not at liberty to presume that the…
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