Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1876

Lathrop v. Bowen

Lathrop v. Bowen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 5, 1876
121 Mass. 107; 1876 Mass. LEXIS 298

Lathrop v. Bowen

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The District Court, by the express terms of the act establishing it, has jurisdiction of civil actions in which the property replevied does not exceed $300 in value. St. 1872, e. 199, § 9. The motion to dismiss, after answering to the merits, was too late. Simonds v. Parker, 1 Met. 508. By our law, replevin lies for the unlawful detention of goods lawfully taken. Gen. Sts. c. 143, § 10. Esson v. Tarbell, 9 Cush. 407. The instructions were correct and sufficient

JF* ceptions^overruled.

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