Walrod & Potter v. Bennett

By the Court, Gridley, J.

This case comes before the court on an appeal from the order and judgment of the county court of Onondaga county, directing a new trial. The appellants recovered a judgment before the justice, which the county judge pronounced erroneous ; and the question here is, whether that decision was right.

The plaintiffs declared against the defendant for an unlawful taking of certain goods and chattels. The defendant denied all the allegations of the complaint, and in an amended answer averred “ that the plaintiffs were not joint owners of the goods and chattels mentioned in…