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Page 17
This was a replevin for 631 barrels of flour , tried before the Chief Justice , at Nisi
Prius , in November , 1817 , when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff , subject
to the opinion of the court in banc on a point reserved . The plaintiff , on March ...
This was a replevin for 631 barrels of flour , tried before the Chief Justice , at Nisi
Prius , in November , 1817 , when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff , subject
to the opinion of the court in banc on a point reserved . The plaintiff , on March ...
Page 18
In the action the jury could not award damages to the defendant . The taking here
not being tortious , the plaintiff must prove property . If the taking were wrongful ,
this burden would lie on the defendant . on the ground of freight , for no freight ...
In the action the jury could not award damages to the defendant . The taking here
not being tortious , the plaintiff must prove property . If the taking were wrongful ,
this burden would lie on the defendant . on the ground of freight , for no freight ...
Page 35
... or by the book of customes , or by testimony of honest men , then the owner
may have such commission or bring his action at the common law , and prove it
by the verdict of a jury ; and if the commission be awarded , or the action be
brought ...
... or by the book of customes , or by testimony of honest men , then the owner
may have such commission or bring his action at the common law , and prove it
by the verdict of a jury ; and if the commission be awarded , or the action be
brought ...
Page 36
... H . 7 , 34 , b , was cited , where the case is , that in trespass the defendant
justified as to one thing , and pleaded not guilty to another , and they were at
issue , and the jury inquired of one thing only , and taxed the damages for both
entirely .
... H . 7 , 34 , b , was cited , where the case is , that in trespass the defendant
justified as to one thing , and pleaded not guilty to another , and they were at
issue , and the jury inquired of one thing only , and taxed the damages for both
entirely .
Page 39
But Mr . Justice White and I were of opinion , under the circumstances of this case
, that the plaintiffs were intitled to recover in this action if the jury were satisfied
with the proof made of their property in the goods ; and that they had tendered a ...
But Mr . Justice White and I were of opinion , under the circumstances of this case
, that the plaintiffs were intitled to recover in this action if the jury were satisfied
with the proof made of their property in the goods ; and that they had tendered a ...
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| Title | Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 1 Issues 10206-10259 of 19th-century legal treatises Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, John Chipman Gray |
| Author | John Chipman Gray |
| Publisher | C. W. Sever, 1888 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2008 |
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