Towner v. Bliss
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for certain millinery. Pleas, the general issue, and a special plea in bar, that on October 11, 1876, plaintiff sold the property in question, with other property, to Abbott, reserving a lien thereon to secure payment of the purchase money, and that the lien was recorded the same day; that on the same day Boutelle prayed out a writ of attachment against Abbott, and delivered it to defendant, a constable, to serve and return; that defendant then attached as the…
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Trover for certain millinery. Pleas, the general issue, and a special plea in bar, that on October 11, 1876, plaintiff sold the property in question, with other property, to Abbott, reserving a lien thereon to secure payment of the purchase money, and that the lien was recorded the same day; that on the same day Boutelle prayed out a writ of attachment against Abbott, and delivered it to defendant, a constable, to serve and return; that defendant then attached as the property of Abbott, “ the conditional purchase ” of said property; that on October 14, plaintiff brought this action, without…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, J.
This is an action of trover brought to recover for certain millinery goods. Pleas, the general issue, and a special plea in bar.
The special plea admits that the goods described in the declaration, with other goods, were sold by the plaintiff to Abbott, and *61that the plaintiff reserved a lien on them to secure the payment of the purchase-money, and that the contract evidencing the lien was seasonably recorded in the town cleric’s office, and justifies the taking of the goods by the defendant on the 11th day of October, 1876, as constable, on a…
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- Duncan v. StoneSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
- Fales v. RobertsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1866
- Hefflin v. BellSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
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- Reed v. WithamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1935