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CHAFFIN v. TAYLOR

114 U.S. 309 (____)

CHAFFIN v. TAYLOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William L. Royall, Mr. Daniel H. Chamberlain [Mr. William B. Hornblower was with him on the brief], Mr. Wager Swayne, and Mr. William M. Evarts for plaintiff in error.

Mr. F.S. Blair, Attorney-General of the State of Virginia, Mr. Richard T. Merrick, and Mr. Attorney-General for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action in trespass de bonis asportatis, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in the Circuit Court for the county of Henrico in Virginia, for the recovery of $150 damages for unlawfully entering upon the plaintiff's premises and seizing, taking, and carrying away one horse, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of $100.

The defendant justified the taking, &c.,...

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