Paterson v. Smith
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover. Trial by jury, Orleans County, September Term, 1893, Taft, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants excepted. At the January Term, 1891, of the Supreme Court, a stay of proceedings was granted on a motion setting up the filing of petitions in insolvency by the defendants after the rendering of judgment in the County Court. Thereafter the case was continued from term to term and pleas and demurrers were filed as stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This action is trover for the conversion of ■certain lumber, and judgment was rendered therein against the defendants jointly, at the September Term, 1893, of Orleans County Court, and upon defendants’ exceptions the cause came into this court at the October Term following. Subsequently thereto, and while the cause was pending upon the exceptions, the defendants pleaded, severally, a special plea of puis darrein ■continuance, in bar.
The plea of defendant Smith sets forth, in substance, that the cause of action was for the wrongful taking, withholding, and converting of certain lumber by the…
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