Virgin v. Gaither

This was an action of trover, brought in the Tazewell Circuit Court, by William Gaither, administrator on the estate of Worthington Enslow, deceased, against George Virgin, for certain horses, mares and colts, the property of Enslow in his lifetime.

The defense set up was a gift from Enslow to Virgin, whose wife was Enslow’s sister, and it occured in this wise: Enslow having enlisted in the army for three years in the late war “ for the Union,” and being about to start “ to the front,” told one Hynes to take the horses down to George Virgin, and tell him to keep them until he got back from the…