Case Name: William Hollenback v. Michael Miller & Wife
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1827-05
Citations: 3 Cranch 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Hollenback v. Michael Miller & Wife.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
William Hollenback v. Michael Miller & Wife.
Trover will not lie against husband and wife for a conversion to her use only.
In trover, the declaration stated that the defendants, (husband and wife,) converted the goods “ to her own use.”
Mr. J. Dunlop,
moved in arrest of judgment, that there cannot be a conversion to the use of the wife during the coverture. 2 Saund. 47, note; Rhemes v. Humphreys, Cro. Car. 254; Perry v. Diggs, Cro. Car. 494.

Opinion:
Judgment arrested (nem. con.) for that reason.