¶1Take the effect of your application. The trespass here was not voluntary in the defendant, for he is sued for an act of his deputy in taking wrong property on a fi. fa. when he knew nothing of it himself. To make the case of Stiles and Hathway a pply, the trespass must be voluntary in fact, and not merely by construction. In the present instance it is impossible to say the act was voluntary in the defendant.
3 Cai. Cas. 174
Tower v. Wilson
Decided August 15, 1805
Decided 1805-08-15