Sellards v. Zomes
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 15 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM GREENUP CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 1 Johnson’s Rep., 290; Livingston vs. Bishop. 1 Ckitty’s Pleadings, p. 79. 1 Mar., 433 ; Riley vs. McGee. 1 Mar., 457 ; Ewing vs. Ford. CITED— 1 Bush, 35 ; Jones vs. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 69; Farmer vs. Lewis. 13 Ilow., 135; Mitchell vs. Harmony. 1 Bush, 461; Eifort, ¿pc., vs. Bevins. 17 B. Mon., 691; Bolts vs. Williams. 17 B. Mon., 188 ; Waller vs. Martin.
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CASE 15 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM GREENUP CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— 1 Johnson’s Rep., 290; Livingston vs. Bishop. 1 Ckitty’s Pleadings, p. 79. 1 Mar., 433 ; Riley vs. McGee. 1 Mar., 457 ; Ewing vs. Ford. CITED— 1 Bush, 35 ; Jones vs. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 69; Farmer vs. Lewis. 13 Ilow., 135; Mitchell vs. Harmony. 1 Bush, 461; Eifort, ¿pc., vs. Bevins. 17 B. Mon., 691; Bolts vs. Williams. 17 B. Mon., 188 ; Waller vs. Martin. Civil Code, sec. 402; lb., Myers, p. 502 ■ — MS. Opin., Green vs. Redman. Act of 1839, Loughborough, p. 573. 4 Met., 333;‘ Buckles vs. Lambert.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
To an action by the appellee against the appellants for forcibly taking and converting his horse, in the fall of the year 1882, they pleaded the justification of a military order by a Federal officer to impress horses for pursuing a Confederate force which had, the night before, left Boone Furnace, near which the appellant’s horse was taken; and also pleaded the appellee’s release of one of their co-actors and defendants.
Under instructions as favorable to the appellants as the facts and law would allow, the jury returned a verdict for one…
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