Harryman v. Titus

Titus brought an action of trover before a Justice of the Peace, to recover the value of a steer, and had judgment. Harryman appealed to the Circuit Court, where Titus again had judgment. It appears by a bill of exceptions, that on the trial iri the Circuit Court, the plaintiff, Titus, gave evidence to establish his claim to the steer, and also, gave evidence of trover and conversion in the defendant. The defendant then attempted to prove that he took the steer up as an estray, and that the plaintiff had not paid him nor tendered to him the 37 cents allowed bylaw, as a reward for the taking…