Lewis v. Gray
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff. Trover for the alleged conversion of certain pressed hay. Plea, the general issue with a brief statement as follows: “That he retained possession of the hay which he then had in possession at the time of the alleged conversion and refused to deliver same to plaintiff on demand for the reason that defendant had a claim for storage of said hay, and -by reason of said claim for storage a lien on the same to enforce collection of same, which claim for…
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On exceptions by plaintiff. Trover for the alleged conversion of certain pressed hay. Plea, the general issue with a brief statement as follows: “That he retained possession of the hay which he then had in possession at the time of the alleged conversion and refused to deliver same to plaintiff on demand for the reason that defendant had a claim for storage of said hay, and -by reason of said claim for storage a lien on the same to enforce collection of same, which claim for storage plaintiff refused to pay prior to the demanded delivery.” Verdict for defendant. The plaintiff excepted to…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Action of trover for the value of a certain quantity of pressed hay. It appears from the exceptions, that the plaintiff was the owner in 1907 of an undivided half of a farm; that the hay in question was cut that year on the farm, pressed, and stored on the premises; that in 1908, the plaintiff sold and conveyed her half of the farm to her co-tenant, and thereafter the co-tenant sold and conveyed the farm to the defendant, the pressed hay still being stored thereon; that after the defendant came into possession of the premises he notified the plaintiff to remove the hay, and that if it…
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