Blood v. Sayre
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a harness. Plea, the general issue, with notice of justification under a collector’s warrant. The case was submitted to the court 'upon a statement of facts, agreed to by the parties, which was, in substance, as follows, On the first day of April, 1840, the plaintiff resided in Norwich, and was the owner of a stallion, which he had kept in Norwich and Thetford the year previous, and which he intended to keep in those towns during the ensuing season.
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Trover for a harness. Plea, the general issue, with notice of justification under a collector’s warrant. The case was submitted to the court 'upon a statement of facts, agreed to by the parties, which was, in substance, as follows, On the first day of April, 1840, the plaintiff resided in Norwich, and was the owner of a stallion, which he had kept in Norwich and Thetford the year previous, and which he intended to keep in those towns during the ensuing season. A few days prior to the first day of April, 1840, he took the horse to Thetford, and hired him kept there, for the purpose of having…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
This is an action of trover, and comes before the court upon a case agreed upon by the parties. For the facts of the case the court would refer to that agreement. By the statute, Rev. St. 539, § 3, personal property, not in the possession of a tenant, is to be taxed in the town in which the owner resides. The 15th section of the statute does not furnish a different rule, as to property of this description, where the owner resides in this state. Blood resided in Norwich, and had never resided in Thetford. He was not then within the…
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