Elliot v. Porter

Porter having obtained a verdict and judgment against Elliot, for six hundred dollars, for the conversion of one hundred and twenty-five barrels of salt—the latter now seeks a reversal on two grounds:

First. He insists that the Circuit Court erred, to his prejudice, in refusing to permit him to read a certified copy of the record of an action of detinue, in which Porter had previously obtained an alternative judgment against one Jacob Luce, for the same salt, or for its assessed value, of which judgment there had been no satisfaction.

The judgment in detinue merged all right of action, by the…