Stedman v. Anderson
Stedman v. Anderson
Opinion of the Court
This action was brought to recover the value of twenty-two barrels of flour, which the appellant claims belonged to him, and which he álleges were wrongfully taken, and converted by the respondent. The evidence shows that the appellant had twenty-two barrels of flour, put up in sacks, and piled up in the mill of one Hull; that there were thirty barrels of other flour, put up in sacks, in said mill, which belonged to Hull; and that the defendant, having in his hands an execution against said Hull, levied upon and carried away thirty barrels of flour from said mill, and sold the same as the flour of Hull. The plaintiff claims that twenty-two barrels of the flour levied upon and taken away by the defendant were his flour. The defendant claims that the flour he took belonged to Hull, and that plaintiff’s flour was left in the mill. The defendant had a verdict in his favor in the court below, upon which judgment was entered; and the plaintiff appeals. The plaintiff moved to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, upon the ground that there was no evidence to sustain the verdict, and upon the ground that it was against the evidence.
The only question in the case was, the identity of the flour ■ taken by the respondent as the flour of the plaintiff. There-was no issue made by the evidence upon the fact that the-plaintiff had twenty-two barrels of flour in the mill; that' seems to have been taken for granted, and the only question! litigated was, whether the defendant took plaintiff’s twenty-two barrels. Upon this point, the plaintiff himself testified that his flour was piled up in sacks, and was pointed out to him. as being all the flour, twenty-two barrels. One of his witnesses • testified that the plaintiff’s sacks were piled on one side by themselves. The defendant and his witnesses swear that the thirty barrels taken by the defendant were all in one pile, andi not in any way separated from each other, and that they left.
By the Oourt. — The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
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