Huffman v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from Neosho District Court. Action brought by Parsons against Huffman, to recover the sum of $85, for the alleged seizure and conversion by Huffman, of a two-horse lumber wagon, of the value aforesaid, which wagon Parsons claimed as his own property. Trial at the April Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment for plaintiff. New trial denied, and defendant brings the case here.
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Error from Neosho District Court. Action brought by Parsons against Huffman, to recover the sum of $85, for the alleged seizure and conversion by Huffman, of a two-horse lumber wagon, of the value aforesaid, which wagon Parsons claimed as his own property. Trial at the April Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment for plaintiff. New trial denied, and defendant brings the case here. There is no substantial difference in principle between the action brought by Parsons, which would have been called trover -at the common law, and the action of replevin under our statute. The latter indeed…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
A motion has been madé in this court to dismiss the petition in error, because it is founded upon what purports to be merely a copy of a case-made, and' is not founded upon the original case-made. Since said motion was made, the plaintiff in error has filed with his petition in error the original case-made. The motion will be overruled.
This action was commenced originally in a justice’s court, and taken on appeal to the district court. The only pleading ' filed in the case, was the plaintiff’s (defendant in error’s) bill, of particulars.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Moore v. RandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1853
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- Suttor v. Town of WetonkaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1934