Blair-Baker Horse Co. v. Hennessey

This is an action of replevin to recover possession of twenty-nine horses alleged to have been unlawfully taken and detained by the defendant.

The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The following facts appeared in the evidence presented by the plaintiff at said trial. The plaintiff corporation is a dealer in horses in Indianapolis in the State of Indiana. One Peter Hicks is a dealer in horses in East Providence in this State. In the autumn of 1909, said Hicks made three visits to Indianapolis for the purpose of buying horses from the plaintiff. On each…