Lake v. Morris
Supreme Court of Connecticut
The case was tried to the jury in the superior court, upon the general issue, with notice of the above defense, before Me Curdy, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that about the middle of April, 1859, the said Eli E. Lake, who was his nephew, came to Brookfield, where the plaintiff lived, on a visit to his father; that he brought with him the horses in question, which were his own property, and for want of accommodation at…
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The case was tried to the jury in the superior court, upon the general issue, with notice of the above defense, before Me Curdy, J. On the trial the plaintiff offered evidence to prove, and claimed to have proved, that about the middle of April, 1859, the said Eli E. Lake, who was his nephew, came to Brookfield, where the plaintiff lived, on a visit to his father; that he brought with him the horses in question, which were his own property, and for want of accommodation at his father’s, where he stayed, he put them in the plaintiff’s stable, where they remained until about the middle of May,…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, C. J.
The question in this cause respected the title to the horses which were the subject of the suit, and that depended upon the bona fides of a purchase of them by the plaintiff of his nephew Eli F. Lake, whom the defendant claimed owned them at the time he attached them, notwithstanding the supposed sale. At the time of the purchase the plaintiff was keeping the horses for his nephew, and the defendant claims that, because there was no formal delivery of the possession of them by the vendor to the purchaser, the sale was in point of law fraudulent and void against creditors. Of course no such…
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