Blaise v. Anderson
Blaise v. Anderson
Opinion of the Court
The verdict for plaintiff for $195 was not justified by the evidence for two reasons:
1. The only evidence tending to support the complaint was that defendants agreed to pay or allow plaintiff $195 for the horses, harness, and wagon. There is no evidence tending to prove that he ever delivered or offered to deliver them either the harness or wagon.
2. In no view of the case was plaintiff entitled to a verdict for more than $100. According to the undisputed evidence, the agreement was that, in case defendant purchased the property, it was to be paid for as follows, viz.: $95, applied in satisfaction of a debt of that amount due from plaintiff to defendants, and the balance of $100 to
We also think the court erred in refusing to allow defendants to introduce in evidence the chattel mortgage from plaintiff to Hobart. There was evidence tending to prove that it was a lien on the horses in question. In their answer defendants alleged, as a reason for refusing to accept the horses, that “plaintiff’s title to said horses was not satisfactory to defendants.” We think this allegation was sufficient to entitle defendants to show that plaintiff’s title to the horses was incumbered.
For these reasons a new trial should have been granted.
Order reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Henry Blaise v. Zacharias Anderson and another
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- Published