Maxwell v. Reed
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT. This case is stated somewhat in detail in the opinion of the court, but perhaps not sufficiently to give a full idea of the case.
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APPEAL PROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURT. This case is stated somewhat in detail in the opinion of the court, but perhaps not sufficiently to give a full idea of the case. The complaint set forth that on or about the 10th day of May, 1858, the defendant forcibly and wrongfully took from the possession of the plaintiff and carried away the following goods and chattels, that is to say — [here follows a particular description of the articles] — which goods and chattels were of the value of two hundred dollars; and the said plaintiff avers that at the time when the said defendant took from the…
1Opinion of the Court
*590 By the Court,
Smith, J.
This was an action commenced by the respondent against the appellant, in the county court of Milwaukee county, for the wrongful taking and carrying away of certain goods and chattels, described in the complaint, and which were alleged to be -the tools, implements, stock in trade, &c., of the complainant, as a tin-smith, in the city of Milwaukee, used by him as such, with the usual averment of demand of possession, and selection of the same as his property, exempt from levy and sale on execution.
The defendant justified the taking of the property mentioned in the…
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