Anthony v. Gilbert

Trespass for taking and carrying away a yoke of draught-oxen; There is also a count of quare clausum fregit, from which no point arises. Pleas, general issue; property of the oxen in one Probus; property in one Green. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

On the trial, after proving the trespass by taking and canning away the oxen, and establishing their value, the plaintiff was permitted; against the objection of the defendant, to prove the value of the services of the cattle from the time of the taking to the institution of the suit. The Court instructed the jury, that the value of the…