Court Opinion

ID: 3551963
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 23:04:20.05355+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:23:47.246237
License: Public Domain

If one wrongfully takes the chattel of another from his possession, the latter may retake it, using no more force than is necessary for that purpose. State v. Elliot, 11 N.H. 540; Sterling v. Warden, 51 N.H. 217, 240
— S.C., 52 N.H. 197, 203; Blades v. Higgs, 10 C. B., N.S., 713; Mills v. Wooters, 59 Ill. 234.
Verdict set aside.
STANLEY, J., did not sit: the others concurred.