Seed v. Lord
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. Replevin of twenty packages of wool of tbe value of $1050, belonging to the plaintiff, from tbe defendant by a writ served 'August 19, 1875. Plea, non cepit, with a brief statement, that tbe defendant, a deputy sheriff of this county, attached the wool by virtue of a writ in favor of Pike et al. v. Brierly c& Bon, that the plaintiff sold and delivered the wool to Brierly & Son, that after sale and delivery, the Brierlys suspended payment, were adjudicated…
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ON REPORT. Replevin of twenty packages of wool of tbe value of $1050, belonging to the plaintiff, from tbe defendant by a writ served 'August 19, 1875. Plea, non cepit, with a brief statement, that tbe defendant, a deputy sheriff of this county, attached the wool by virtue of a writ in favor of Pike et al. v. Brierly c& Bon, that the plaintiff sold and delivered the wool to Brierly & Son, that after sale and delivery, the Brierlys suspended payment, were adjudicated bankrupts and their property conveyed,to one Sanborn, assignee, that subsequently they made a composition with their creditors…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
An action of replevin, in which the title to the property, a quantity of wool, replevied is in question. The plain*581tiff was tlie original owner and through a broker agreed to sell it to Edward Brierly & Son. In pursuance of that agreement, the wool was shipped to the vendees July 80, 1875, and received by them August 4th. On the 11th of August the defendant, then a deputy sheriff, attached the wool as the property of Brierly & Soil, on a writ in favor of their creditors.
It further appears from the bill sent with the wool, and from the testimony of the broker who negotiated the sale, that it…
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