Middleton v. Quigley
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of the county of Burlington. The action below was replevin. The writ commanded the sheriff “ to cause to be replevied the goods, chattels and beasts (without specifying them), of the said Bobert Quigley, wdiich Joel Middleton took and unjustly detained, and to summon the said Joel to answer Bobert Quigley, of the said taking and unjust detention.”
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This was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of the county of Burlington. The action below was replevin. The writ commanded the sheriff “ to cause to be replevied the goods, chattels and beasts (without specifying them), of the said Bobert Quigley, wdiich Joel Middleton took and unjustly detained, and to summon the said Joel to answer Bobert Quigley, of the said taking and unjust detention.” Under this writ the sheriff replevied and delivered to Bobert Quigley, certain goods, &c., duly appraised at thirty-seven dollars. The plaintiff' below declared for that on the first day of October,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action of replevin was brought in the Court of Common *Pleas, of the county of Burlington, where the plaintiff declared for the taking and detention of sundry goods and chattels.
*407The defendant avowed the taking of the goods and chattels as a distress for the sum of $40 of rent for the space of one year, ending on the 1st day of April, 1825, duo and in arrear for a dwelling house and premises held and enjoyed by the plaintiff for the space of five years and five months, next before and ending on the said day, and from thence, until, &c.,…
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- Staple v. SpringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Kerr v. MeredithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1806
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- NEUMANN EX REL. NEUMANN v. WildermannNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955