Nave v. Hadley
Nave v. Hadley
Opinion of the Court
Nave, administrator of Lovell, sued Hadley, alleging in his complaint that the intestate, for the purpose of hindering and defrauding creditors, delivered three colts to Hadley; that Hadley had possession of the property at the death of the intestate, and had since sold a part and kept the balance, and on demand of the administrator refused to deliver it to him, &c. The answer was: 1. A general denial. 2. That the colts were placed in his possession by Lovell, as the. property of his infant sons, to
We are pressed by the appellant, with much earnestness,, to reverse the judgment, upon the ground’ that the finding of the court below was against the evidence, and inasmuch as no other question is presented, we forbear to consider-any other.
We cannot reverse the judgment for the reason presented. There was evidence tending to show that the colts were the property of Lovell’s boys, and this was not contradicted.. They were delivered to the defendant as being their’ property, and Lovell, before becoming embarrassed, had stated, that they belonged to the boys. The rule governing-appellate courts in such cases is too well settled to warrant, our interference under such circumstances.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs..
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