Taylor v. Young
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. There was a verdict for the defendant, and frqm the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. There was a verdict for the defendant, and frqm the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed. To the point that the agreement for the settlement of the trespasses committed in 1879, having been executed on a secular day, was binding upon the parties, they cited: Moore v. Kendall, 2 Pin. 99; DeForth v. W. de M. R. R. Co. 52 "Wis. 320; Melchoir v. McCarty, 31 id. 256; Myers v. Meinrath, 101 Mass. 366; Chestnut v. Harbaugh, 78 Pa. St. 473; Meriwether v. Smith, 44 Ga. 541; Ellis v. Kammond,…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
This is an action to recover damages committed upon the lands of the plaintiff by the trespassing animals of the defendant, between the 1st day of April, 1877, and the 30th day of August, 1882, inclusive. The first damage claimed was for the destruction of a field of clover by the defendant’s sheep passing through the line or partition fence between the lands of the parties.
*3161. The plaintiff testified positively that the defendant’s sheep did this damage in the spring of 1878, and his evidence was corroborated by other witnesses; and the defendant testified positively that he neither had nor…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Myers v. DoddIndiana Supreme Court · 1857
- Moore v. KendallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1849
- Colden v. EldredNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Cook v. MoreaIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
- Tupper v. ClarkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1870
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Bacon v. MitchellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
- King v. GraefWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
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