Kelley v. Todd
West Virginia Supreme Court
On the 25th day of July, William Todd instituted an action of trover and conversion in the circuit court of Ohio county, against Isaac Kelley, Aaron Kelley and A. Wilson Kelley; and filed Ms declaration at the rules on the last Tuesday of the same month, claiming that he was, on the 15th day of July, 1864, lawfully possessed of 2,000 dozen sheaves of wheat and casually lost the same; and that the same came to the defendant’s possession on that day £y finding, &c.
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On the 25th day of July, William Todd instituted an action of trover and conversion in the circuit court of Ohio county, against Isaac Kelley, Aaron Kelley and A. Wilson Kelley; and filed Ms declaration at the rules on the last Tuesday of the same month, claiming that he was, on the 15th day of July, 1864, lawfully possessed of 2,000 dozen sheaves of wheat and casually lost the same; and that the same came to the defendant’s possession on that day £y finding, &c. The defendant, Isaac Kelley, pleaded not guilty, and the case came on for trial at the May term, 1865. The jury found a verdict of…
1Opinion of the Court
Berkshire, President.
This was an action of trover and conversion by the defendant in error, against Isaac Kelley, the plaintiff in error, Aaron Kelley and A. Wilson Kelley, in the circuit court of Ohio county, for 2,000 dozen sheaves of wheat. There was a verdict and judgment against the plaintiff in error for 247 dollars and 50 cents, and a verdict of not guilty as to the other defendants. The defendant in error on the 5th day of April, 1861, leased of the said A. Wilson Kelley, a certain tract of land in Ohio county, containing about two hundred acres, for the term of three years,…
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