Asher v. . Reizenstein
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at Spring Term, 1888, of Craven Superior Court, before Graves, J. This was an action to recover one hundred and twenty-five dollars damages for the alleged conversion of a horse.
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Civil action, tried at Spring Term, 1888, of Craven Superior Court, before Graves, J. This was an action to recover one hundred and twenty-five dollars damages for the alleged conversion of a horse. It was admitted that an action of claim and delivery had been instituted by A. Hahn, the intestate of the defendant, against the plaintiff in this action, for the horse in controversy, before a Justice of the Peace, and that the horse was delivered to the said Hahn, said Asher having filed no replevin bond in said action; that Asher, the defendant in said action obtained judgment, but no judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
MkrRIMon, C. J.:
It is stated in the case settled on appeal that this action was brought to recover $125 “for the conversion of a horse.” It is alleged in the complaint that the horse specified therein was the property and in the possession of the plaintiff; that “ the defendants unlawfully took possession of said horse and converted him to their own use”; that he was “ worth the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars,” and judgment for the same is demanded as damages.
The answer denies the material allegations of the complaint, and the defendant relies for defence upon the admitted facts…
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