Legal Opinion

Fadden v. McKinney

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 13, 1914PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Trespass quare clausum, witli account in trover. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913. Franklin County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

This is an action of trespass for breaking and entering the plaintiff’s close situated on Aldis Street in the city of St. Albans, to which a count in trover is joined for taking and carrying away certain household goods claimed to be owned by the plaintiff. The plea was not guilty.

*319The first question presented arose below on the motion of defendant S. E. McKinney for a directed verdict, on the ground, in substance, that there was no evidence to support a verdict against him. On this question the transcript of the testimony is referred to and made controlling.

The evidence, viewed in the light…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. James Smith Woolen Machine Co. v. HoldenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
  2. Latremouille v. Bennington & Rutland Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1891
  3. State v. SlamonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
  4. Herrick v. Town of HollandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910
  5. Comstock's v. JacobsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  3. Wellman, Admr. v. WalesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1925
  4. State v. StacySupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  5. Essex Storage Electric Co. v. Victory Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919

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