Chaffee v. Harrington
Supreme Court of Vermont
RepleviN for a colt. Heard on a referee’s report, September Term, 1887, Taet, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The case appears in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tyler, J.
I. The statute upon which this action is brought is as follows : “ When goods of the value of more than twenty dollars are unlawfully taken, or unlawfully detained, from the owner or the person entitled to the possession thereof, * * * such owner or other person may cause them to be replevied.” R. L. s. 1230.
It appears by the referee’s report that the plaintiff had possession of the horse in controversy on the 30th day of May, 1884, when it strayed from his enclosure. His possession was presumably with the consent of Crampton who owned the…
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