Tuttle v. Wilson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Si. Croix County. Action to recover the value of a quantity of saw-logs alleged to have belonged to the plaintiffs, and to have been unlawfully converted by the defendant. The answer denied each and every allegation of the complaint. The plaintiffs had judgment in their favor for the value of the logs at the time of the alleged conversion; and defendant appealed from the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
From the bill of exceptions it appears that the plaintiffs claimed title to the logs by reason of their ownership of the lands from which they were cut, and not by purchase. One of the errors assigned by the learned counsel for the appellant, and for which he asks a reversal of the judgment, is, that the learned circuit judge misdirected the jmy upon the rule of damages applicable to the case.' Upon that question he instructed the jury as follows: “ If you find that any of the logs sold by the defendant were the property of the plaintiffs, you should find a verdict for plaintiffs for tlieif…
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