Ward v. Henry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Green Lake County. Action for the wrongful taking and conversion of personal property of the alleged value of about $760. Defense, that the goods were the property of one Chase, and were seized by defendant as deputy U. S. marshal, under an attachment from tbe United States District Court for Wisconsin, in an action by one Adams against said Chase for an indebtedness of $500. The answer contains the allegations usual in such cases.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Green Lake County. Action for the wrongful taking and conversion of personal property of the alleged value of about $760. Defense, that the goods were the property of one Chase, and were seized by defendant as deputy U. S. marshal, under an attachment from tbe United States District Court for Wisconsin, in an action by one Adams against said Chase for an indebtedness of $500. The answer contains the allegations usual in such cases. The goods were seized by defendant on the 22d of November, 1859. On the trial, II. N. Ward, plaintiff’s father, testified that at…
1Opinion of the Court
*80 By the Court,
Cole, J.
The question of jurisdiction raised by the respondent has been ruled adversely to him in the case of Booth v. Ableman, 18 Wis., 495.
The evidence offered in regard to the wall paper was clearly competent under the circumstances, and should have been admitted. One ground of defense relied on by the respondent, who represents the attaching creditor, is, that at the time he seized the goods in controversy upon the writ of attachment, he left in the possesssion of the mortgagee merchandize which was included in the chattel mortgages of a sufficient amount to satisfy the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Potter v. LutherNew York Supreme Court · 1808
- Ward v. HenryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
- Booth v. AblemanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
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