Holbrook v. Hyde
Supreme Court of Vermont
In -this action -the plaintiffs obtained a verdict in the County Court, and the exceptions taken by the defendant and allowed by the judges who tried the cause, present the questions raised before the Supreme Court.
Read the full summary
In -this action -the plaintiffs obtained a verdict in the County Court, and the exceptions taken by the defendant and allowed by the judges who tried the cause, present the questions raised before the Supreme Court. Those exceptions a-re as follow : “Holbrook and Fessenden vs. Ryssel Hyde, tried at Windham County Court, ■September Term, 1827. There was no dispute but that the defendant took .the -property as charged in the declaration of the .plaintiffs. -But he justified the taking by virtue of sundry writs and executions, to-him directed, in favor of sundry creditors of Ira Wetherhead, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hutchinson E
delivered the opinion.‘of th-e court.. The o#r ' ly questions now litigated, upes this long case,, arise, upon. the., charge oí die court to the jury, arid their refusal to charge -as re* quested by the'defendant’s, counsel. The defendant ha-ving attached the.properly in question up.oawñts;again&t Ac Weihw'hap^ the cardinal point in dispute is, whether the property feektbgeddW» the plaiiítífls, or s<a belonged to said, Ah, as tobe liable to attachment for his debts. The facts ¡attempted to- hie proved, otuboih, ¡sides, and which arc necessary -in their character at feast, ,m pje*…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bond v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
3Cited by7 opinions
- Herrington v. McCollumIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Claflin & Co. v. Continental Jersey WorksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Pitts v. Howe Scale Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1938
- Prouty v. Pellett & SkinnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
- Russell v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.