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6 N.H. 14

Sanborn v. Colman

Superior Court of New Hampshire

Decided February 15, 1832

Superior Court of New Hampshire · decided 1832-02-15

This was an action of trover, for a mare, and was submitted to the decision of the court, upon the following case. The plaintiff, being the owner of the mare, on the 1st February, 1830, let her, for hire, to Dana Brown, for four weeks from that time. On the 6th February, Brown sold and delivered the mure to the defendant.

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Decided 1832-02-15

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Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 1923

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By the court.

¶1It is very clear, that, if the plaintiff in *15this case had, at the time he demanded the mare of the defendant, no right to the possession, this action cannot be maintained. And if the contract, between the plaintiff and Brown, was still, at that time, in force, the plaintiff certainly had not the right of possession.

¶2But it is said, on behalf of the plaintiff, that the contract between the plaintiff and Brown was at an end ; that Brown had the mare to use, not to sell, and that the sale was a wrongful aGt, which authorized the plaintiff to consider the contract at an end, and to claim the possession of the mare wherever she could be found.

¶3We are, on the whole, of opinion that this argument is unanswerable. The sale of the mare was, under the circumstances, a conversion of the properly, and most clearly put an end to the contract. 2 Dowland & Ryland, 1, Farrant v. Thompson; 3 Starkie’s Evidence, 1492—1500.

¶4The plaintiff is, therefore, entitled to judgment.

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