Beveridge v. Welch
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM THE DANE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action for the claim and delivery of personal property, brought by the respondent in the circuit court of Dane county, to recover possession of certain goods and chattels alleged to have been wrongfully taken and detained by the defendants, and for damages for such taking and detention.
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APPEAL PROM THE DANE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action for the claim and delivery of personal property, brought by the respondent in the circuit court of Dane county, to recover possession of certain goods and chattels alleged to have been wrongfully taken and detained by the defendants, and for damages for such taking and detention. The complaint was in the usual form; and the defence set up by the defendants was, that they had taken and then held the said goods and chattels as sheriff and deputy sheriff respectively, under and by virtue of certain executions against Henry W. Yager, Wandel…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
We cannot understand upon what principle the verdict and judgment in this case can be sustained.
The jury gave the respondent five hundred dollars damages for the wrongful taking and detention of the goods by the sheriff, who had them in his possession for a period not to exceed sixteen days. The stock of merchandise taken was such as is usually kept in a country dry goods store, and was valued by the jury at six thousand dollars. The goods were not removed from the building, were carefully handled and placed in a pile in the store, where they remained until the respondent…
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