Marks v. Landry

The plaintiff claims from the defendant two rafts of timber, or their value. The defendant resists the claim, alleging that he purchased the rafts from one Worden, who was in possession of them; that if the plaintiff be the owner, he must be bound by the acts of Worden, who was his agent, and cannot recover the rafts without reimbursing him (the defendant) what he paid for them. There was a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed. The case has been placed before us on a bill of exceptions taken by the plaintiff, on the re*32fusal of the court to permit him to read…