Buckmaster v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a mare and colt. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, April Term, 1849, — Hall, J., presiding. The substance of the testimony is sufficiently detailed in the opinion delivered by the court. Verdict for the plaintiff for the value of the mare and colt. Exceptions by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The substantial facts of this case are as follows. In the spring of 1846 the plaintiff, being then the owner of the mare sued for, put her into the possession of Amos Pike, under an agreement, that Pike was to pay the plaintiff four thousand feet of boards for her, of the value of $16,00, in the course of the then ensuing winter; and if the boards were delivered, the mare was to become the property of Pike; but until the delivery of the boards, she was to remain the property of the plaintiff. The boards were never delivered, but the mare…
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