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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Richard Richardson versus Zebina Eastman.
    Trespass for taking and carrying away “ mahogany tables and chairs,” without specifying the number ; holden well enough after a verdict.
    Trespass for taking and carrying away “ mahogany tables, chairs, and bureau.”
    After a verdict for the plaintiff, Ward, for the defendant, moved in arrest of judgment, because the declaration did not state the number of the tables and chairs.
    
    
      
       5 Co. 35. — 1 Str. 637. — 2 L. Raym. 1410. —4 Burr. 2455. — 2 Saund. 170, 171 - Moore, 708.—2 Vent. 174.
    
   But the Court, after taking time to examine the authorities cited, held the declaration well enough after verdict. The jury must have had evidence of the number of the several articles taken; at least they would have found damages only for so many as were proved.

Bigelow and Fay, for the plaintiff.

Motion overruled. 
      
       Vide note to Taylor vs. Wells, 2 Saund. 74.