Davis v. Zimmerman

The action in the court below was trover to recover the value of a horse, a buggy, a sleigh, a *26quantity of household furniture and ornaments, some articles of female apparel, etc. Many of these were claimed by the plaintiff as gifts from J ames Zimmerman, her husband. The plaintiff in error, defendant below,, claimed all the articles under a chattel mortgage given by the husband subsequent to the alleged gifts. The chattel mortgage bore date July 29, 1875, and was not signed by the wife. The principal controversy in the court below was over the question of fact, whether the alleged gifts had…