Bartlett v. Hawley

The first assignment of error is that the verdict in defendant’s favor was not justified by the evidence, and is contrary to law. There was a controversy as to the ownership of the property in question, a team of horses, which had been delivered to plaintiff by defendant on a contract for the sale thereof, under which plaintiff claimed the right to hold them. A small portion only of the purchase-money had been paid. Plaintiff was discharged from defendant’s service, and there was a dispute between them about defendant’s right to the horses. He took them out of plaintiff’s possession by force,…