Hossfeldt v. Dill
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Winona county, Mitchell, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The defendants levied upon and sold only the right, title and interest of Max Hossfeldt in the wheat, and their acts did not amount to a conversion.
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Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Winona county, Mitchell, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. The defendants levied upon and sold only the right, title and interest of Max Hossfeldt in the wheat, and their acts did not amount to a conversion. Lancashire Wagon Co. v. Fitzlmgh, 6 Hurlst. & Norman, 502; Fernald v. Chase, 37 Me. 289; Mill v. Van Camp, 41 Mich. 645; Andrews v. Shattuck, 32 Barb. 396; Brown v. Pratt, 4 Wis. 513; Cooley on Torts, 449; Bryant v. Osgood, 52' N. H. 182; Wilson v. Powers, 21 Minn. 193.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.*
This action was brought for the conversion of 1,125 bushels of wheat and 600 bushels of oats. The defendants, Dill and Bogart, were respectively sheriff and deputy sheriff of Winona county, and they justified their interference with the grain under four executions in favor of as many different parties against Max Hossfeldt, the. husband of the plaintiff. It appears from the statement of the case, that the grain was grown on a farm of 160 acres, which was owned by and in possession of Max Hossfeldt when he married the plaintiff, in 1874. She has, ever since the marriage, resided with…
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