Burt v. Burt

This is an action of replevin for a span of colts, a wagon and a harness. The defendant is the son of the plaintiff, and the suit had its origin in a family difficulty.

The plaintiff’s version of the facts, so far as they seem material in making out his case, is as follows: Plaintiff was married in 1841 to a Miss Prosser in the State of New York, and settled with her upon an eighty acre lot in Macomb county in this State, where the wife still resides. In 1859 he and his wife had a difficulty, and a separation was agreed upon. At that time he owned two eighty-acre lots, and it was agreed that…