Tomlinson v. Hamilton

Robert and William L. Hamilton sued Frances Tomlinson for a wrongful conversion of and an injury to personal property. The complaint is in two paragraphs. The first charges that the defendant, without leave, wrongfully took twelve and a half tons of hay, the property of the plaintiffs, of the value of one hundred and eighty dollars. The second charges that the defendant’s cattle unlawfully destroyed five tons of hay, the property of the plaintiff's, of the value of seventy-five dollars. The defendant answered hy the general denial. Trial by the court; finding for the plaintiffs, assessing’…