Coolidge v. Ayers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a piano. Plea, the general issue. Trial by-jury at the September Term, 1904, Rutland County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court. See 76 Vt. 405. Sometime in the fall of 1899, Marvin McClure, the bankrupt, caused a McPhail piano belonging to McClure to be placed in the house of defendant Ayers in Windsor.
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Trover for a piano. Plea, the general issue. Trial by-jury at the September Term, 1904, Rutland County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court. See 76 Vt. 405. Sometime in the fall of 1899, Marvin McClure, the bankrupt, caused a McPhail piano belonging to McClure to be placed in the house of defendant Ayers in Windsor. This piano was not sold to defendant, but was placed in his home for trial in the hope of effecting a sale to him. It appeared that a statement regarding the ownership of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The contract of sale under seal containing a warranty of title from the McPhail Piano Company to the defendant was introduced in evidence by the defendant. The defendant’s testimony on cross-examination tended to show that the company was defending the suit. In connection with this testimony the plaintiff was permitted to ask defendant, .subject to objection and exception, whether he expected that the company would make him good in case the suit went against him. Also whether he did not consider the company good for his expenses in and about this litigation, and for any judgment that might be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tracy v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1904
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