Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1874

Blake v. Darling

Blake v. Darling
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 16, 1874 · Gray
116 Mass. 300; 1874 Mass. LEXIS 87

Blake v. Darling

Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

The value of goods replevied need not be alleged in the writ. The jurisdiction depends upon the actual value as proved at the trial, not upon the plaintiff’s allegation or the appraisers’ certificate. King v. Dewey, 11 Cush. 218. Pomeroy v. Trimper, 8 Allen, 398. Davenport v. Burke, 9 Allen, 116. Leonard v. Hannon, 105 Mass. 113. Exceptions overruled.

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