Crawford v. Martin

Martin, who was the plaintiff, sued John Foster, William Crawford, Margaret Frazier, and Joseph Hamilton, in replevin, to recover a brick-kiln. Foster was defaulted. The other defendants appeared and answered: 1. By a denial. 2. Property in themselves, etc. The issues were tried by the Court, who found for the plaintiff, and judgment was, accordingly, rendered, etc. The record shows that, at that, the October, term of said Court, in the year 1858, being the term next after the trial and judgment, Crawford and Frazier, two of the defendants, moved for a new trial, on two grounds: 1. That the…