Riley v. Tolman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by a married woman, carrying on a milk business, against a deputy sheriff, with a count for the conversion of, and another count for unlawfully taking and carrying away, certain cows, horses, wagons, hay, straw and other property belonging to the plaintiff, with a third count for failure to remove the keeper and property without delay after notice to do so and for continuing to occupy the premises of the plaintiff after a reasonable time.
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Tort by a married woman, carrying on a milk business, against a deputy sheriff, with a count for the conversion of, and another count for unlawfully taking and carrying away, certain cows, horses, wagons, hay, straw and other property belonging to the plaintiff, with a third count for failure to remove the keeper and property without delay after notice to do so and for continuing to occupy the premises of the plaintiff after a reasonable time. Writ dated December 18, 1899. In the Superior Court Sherman, J. ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The defendant, a deputy sheriff, attached on mesne process certain personal property of the plaintiff on two writs, one in favor of Joseph L. Harding* and the other in favor of John R. Farnum, and appointed a keeper of the property. Thé attachment on the first writ was made on December 12,
1899, and that on the second writ on December 16, 1899. The day before the last attachment, the plaintiff gave the defendant notice to remove the keeper and the property without delay, in accordance with the Pub. Sts. c. 161, §§ 42, 43. Subsequently the defendant moved the property, and the plaintiff…
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