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Little / Kxhibits 5 Unle Nisi fj Discharge of Rule Nisi ^^ Judgment Discharging Rule Nisi g Reasoii ,• Appeal - 1 r V V h tfec Court of Imtni I5KTVVKEN DAVID K. lUriST. AND (Ai'PKLLANT) Plaintitf; THOMAS McCOMBE, (Kkspondent) am DONALD MoDONAU), STATEMENT OF CASE. Uk is an app«ul from the judgment of the Junior Judge of the County Court of the Conntv ..» Sni.coe. discharging the Rule Nisi gmnted in the Ai.ril tern, 1H82 .f v. ) . / ^ In tl)c OIoimtL) Olourt of tl)c Olowntn of Simcoc, DAVID E. BUIST, .Plaintiff, — vs.' THOMAS MoCOMBE *.„ DONALD McDONALD, Deferu^^. Writ issued 16th September, 1881. STATEMENT OF CLAIM. Filed 14th October, 1881. The Plaintiff claims $200 damages. 20 STATEMENT OF DEFENCE. ^iled 25th October, 1881, claim!' ^''' ^'^'"'^•'^"'^ ''^''""■^ '^' statements in the first and second ])aragrapli.s of the Plaintiff's I'laintift) and doi,^ Lnl to his r ^^ '^'^'""'^' ^"•j""""^ the farm of the said said damage to tL^Z'of tl sj^^^^^^^ T\T'''' - trespassing as aforesaid and doing under and by virt^.e o the toZLfTT ^""T '''^""'^' '" '''' '^'^ ^^'^^-^'-^t in the County of Silcoe wher the d 1 d ' ?' f " ' '' '' '''' ""^""^^"P ^^ ^^ttawasaga. to the Defendant, Dona d McDo '^^^^^^^ lTT-'\'''l "■' °^'^'" '^"^^ ^'^"^-^ ^'-" ugainstsaidoxen,andthatt e id J^^^^^^^^ «^ ^''^ ^'-" ^o-'amages appointed pound-keeper for the Tov^^^ ^^'^'^''''f' "^^^ that time a properly Division where the sLd oxen were s^ a in!a "f ' 1 " , T ''' ''"""<^-^'-P- ^^ the the said Donald McDonald to belalt Sbv hi^ r ' "\ ''^'^ ^" ^" '^^"^"'^'^ '"^^'^^ '' provisions of said By-law No 115 "^ "^ "'"'^'"^ '° '^" ^"^ ^" ^^«-''""- -ith the .aysLn;:!:t;:!;:::;,j^r;^ ^« ^- ^•-•' i-ag-p^ of the mintirs daim, that assuchpounJ S Tc d! n 1 I' Tr^'" i'! '"' '" ''^ ''"^'"'"P °^ ^^ttawasaga. ar.d wherein the aid Do„a ^inlld waT' h ™" f ""''' '^"^' ^ ^^^'^'^"^ "^'^"' ^^^ I^^^-- said Donald McDonaHafdheTslr:^^:^^^^^^^^^ ^'''^ ^^'"^^^' ^" ^"" ^^e Thomas McCVanbe the said oxen for fh P"""^-'^^^f •• .^"^^ ''^ceived from the said Defendant, law and the proviJio^co a ^i B^^^^^ in.ponnded and dealt w.h according to Thomas McCombe did at the ZZtLlr V , ' •^''^>d Township, and that the Defendant, said to have been don bv helv ^ ^ '"" ' ''''"'""' '" "^"P'-'-^^ '' ^'^ ^^--ge •so impounded, z, ti^ ^:^n:^ ^:;:^'^: r ''-' '--'''' ''- -'' -- by law and by the By-laws of the Jr] T v /'^^^«"''^''J. gave the necessary notices required oxen not having be n rep ev e'd ^Jd „f T"^'?' ^"/"f ''^'''^' ^^ at the proper time, the said "-her the sai.rdan:gr:r";t:i •;::: ;^ ^^dT ^r:/:::^''T r • '-^^ manner, sell the said oxen (in accordance with tL n f " •^•/''''^^' ^"'' '" '' ^^gal and proper l.idderatthesale;andthatLrtt ai"s^^^ h^^^^^^^^^ as aforesaid) to the highest from the amount realized at such ale htwnf '*''; ^"' V^^^^"'^^"*, Donald McDonald, deducted properly chargeable ag inst fn sal tin T' f "' "''' '''' ''"''^''' ^''^^^ ^^ «^'-g«« said PlaintifiUs owne'^ he "^d oxin with^^^^ """! '"" ""'^ '^^ "'^ "^'^^P^- ^^' '^e Donald McDonald, paid the sa::o.::^L t^ 1 T 1 ^ :/r :^^^^^^^^^^^ -id Defendant. >n accordance with the requirements o^f the By-law 7Z^t:^::tl:t::T'''''' 10 20 30 JOINDER OF ISSUE. Proceedings at Trial, 13th December, 1881. JURY EVIDENCE. Tf bW V™T "' T ■'.?."' °°° "■'■"'" '"' «"' »""-• - '- "M .,ot know ho ,0 :; ' 10 e" s L ^eTllT ""'-T "n°:''""' *'"""■»'»■ "■™ P--" that the o':: I: '" »e SOW, saying, bell the the oxen ; I will be responsible." Thev sold for %R() in Tiffin r • A. D. CAMERON :_Saw Defendant, McDonald, on the evening of 15th July at Plaintiff's Isaid seizure was illegal and that oxen should be returned. He said McCoinbe wo'uk „ re urn them, as they had trespassed on his place and he had a claim for .«10 damages. 20 AVILLIAM CANNON :-Worked for Plaintiff last summer. On the 10th of July Plaintiff w w^ulcn' TJ" 7'""- ' '''''''''' '''■'' '"' «^-"^^ '^-P ^'-- "P for a day'cir two ^ aid he had built the fo, ice and kept it up from year to year, and McCombe might now keep it up If he wanted to protect his wheat. I went with McCombe. by Plaintiff's orders to fix eiic and we did the best we could. We could not make a lawful fence of it. There was no wa ;' the field I suggested putting the oxen into, except by pumping. Mk. Moberly submits there is no evidence. Over-ruled, THOMAS MCCOMBE :-The Plaintiff's oxen troubled me a good deal. On the 9th July 30 th y were in my meadow, and I asked Plaintiff to keep them out. He said Cannon could .0 wr h me to repair the fence. They were in again on tL 1 1th of July. I took hTrto W 4' them out. Plaint ft said I should keep up the half of the fence, and I said if he had mad^ a law u fence that I would pay him for the half of it, and if he .ould take away the log f"nce I keeper' I irft\re H "'' 'I '^ ''' "^' '^^^ «»^ ^'^^ ^^^ ' -"^^'-^ for 'a pound' keeper. I left the oxen on the road, near Plaintiffs gate. I never felled any trees over the 1 I'Hvc ,,„t ,„, ,„y f,„| half oflheTeL n ZTu,'T """ ''" ■"'''' '"'■ "'•""■ '''- »'"■ ■iMy « mumi, «ft„, the cattle w. J™M H.,, I '" ^■"°" ™"'"'' '""' """' '"'"""'l >"y '■ * -' Met i„. , ^.i.Jm^j^jTz : T 'T""° ;"" r"" """'""■ *=^ care for tlie Lay. ° ^ "'*^- ^ ""^^ 1'"^ "' for wlujat ; I ,li,l „„t tin: crtLtlZtn;;;;^:^^ - i^npounded on ..half of Defendant, ulT ^11'^,^^'^' ^^'>" ''' "'^' ^"^>- -- a written statement to that effect. I saw I'lahaiff f w ! T^"" "^"''"'' '''""' ^ ^"^ cattle being m the pound. I had the n Le en v l' '^ l"'""'''' "'' ' '^^^'' ^'"" ^'^""^ ^^- -ul one at the Batteanx. and anotl copy b es des ^,"'1' '' '7' '^'~''^'^' f"'' ^""--. the notices-after 48 hours. I put therun th. . I^' ^ ''""''' ''"'" ''^ 1""^ ^heni up- Plaintiff and others came, ten orCvelTlI tT" '' '^" '/J ''"''' ^'^ '^^ "'^ ^^^^ ->^^ notice to Plaintiff at any'ti.e of iZ!::;:, jtg ^;:^:.;;:r'^ nV:^t ^t: "- ^^^'"^" written notices. " ^ " '^ ''^^ "" '^'"^ ^^th I put uj) the WILLIAM LITTLE :_Was at .ale on 22„d July PhinHfT altogether. I bought the cattle. I told McOo mbj ^;.. I n T '""' '"'^ "''"'^ '' ^'^■' -^" for what they were worth. I got the mon • f^nn Mf "", ;''' '^" ""'^^'^ '^ ^ «^^'^ ^^en. •ii'l "ot give it to n,e at his hoT.se, Wt on the ad ^^ ^ '" ''''"' ''"'' "" ^'" ^^^^^ ^^-^- «« EXHIBITS. 1. Notice of Action. 2. By-Law No. 115, Township of Nottawasaga. 4 Stir' f'^n'""'' *' ''"^'^"^^"^ ^^^^-'^'- f- -^-'n of oxen. 4. J5tatement of Damages. 5. •Advertisement. 6. Pound-keeper's Account. 7. Receipt of Auctioneer. 8. Receipt of Township Treasurer. Case withdrawn from jury by consent, all except the question of danmges. •Tnry found damages $100, •Tudgment on legal [)oints reserved. •T..%n,e„t i„ ..,.,„ for Defendant MoC„,„,», ,vi.h„„t ^,^, „,a ,„ ,,,,„,„. .^,.„,. ^^^^^^_ am, IMcDonald, with costs. 30 f 6 liULE NISI. Easter Tenn. 45 Vic. April 4th, 1882. the said Thomas McOo,nbealun« with I irl?'r. n ,t' """''"' ^"' '^'' ^''^^i-tiff against that the said verdict entered in W 7t t^^l ^'l^^ ^^^f ^'>"'^'" ^- «100. on the grounds -..1 against the weight of evidence in this tb t th v" f "\ ""' "^"^'"^^ '"" ''"'' -''>-'««. Thonms McCond.e, was hable to the ria iti'ff n t T '^'""' ''"^^ ^''^ «'"'' ''^^-"lant .>f the Statement of Claim, or a n v S , 1 ., f"'" ^ '"' "^ "' ^''^ '^'^ "^'"^ ^''' '--graj.h - proceedings he staged on the -i^t^rt^r l^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --- -^ - Ky the Court, (Signed,) JOHN STEVENSON, C. C. C. C. H. Easter Term, 45 Victoria. ™le be .Uscl,a,^ed without „"'' '"'™' """"' '°' ''="""'"■"». i' '' <-*-! that thl^' Dated, June 10th, 1882. % the Court, (Signed,) JOHN STEVENSON. Clerk. 20 JUDGMENT. (DISCHARGING RULE.) following, judgment was given against the DefrLrMn V. "P^" '''"•^*'' ^" ^^e term of the Defendant, McCombe, wrthou cos^ The P.f 1°" '' '"' ^''' ^"' ^«^^«' ««^ ^» f-- against McCombe for .«100, or for a new trial. "'"" ™"''' '^ ^"^« J"'^^'"^"^ also • ::/;^''^'^'^'2:::z^^ „ „ „ ^'i'''^; r "' ^ •' -^ ''"''^ '"• ••' ' r "' t;"; '""'^^ "• "-^ »• "'"•'-' f <'.^'. 18H1. the 1-o.ion ..f the l.,ai,.tiH; and dei^:^^:^!^ TT'u^ T' "^^" ''•"" '^^^ '"'"-' v.'ongf.., y took and detai..ed the sau.e. T 4 . .a :. ^ r m'"'""' ''"'"'" ''^'''^"^'^' "'"' :<'" ;--l^ H"d on the 22„d day of July, mi e iMe 1*1 ' T^'' '^'^^""^"^ '« ^'-^ "fter- '"Ht.^'Ht.o„ of the I)efend..„t McCo.nbe an;i a ., a.-H ' , "''''^' •"•^""""'''' '^^ ^'"^ insfmce an.l •"';K.^ 1 V sold the sai.l oxen at uu..tion ^ ItV.^^ Z^^ T '^'"'' ""' '" '"^ -" "'^--^t, -d the Plaintiff ha,s also l.^t the u.se of he 1.. i . e , "?" "'""-^ '"^^^ ^•' ^'^ '''-"^ift •;»,".;ng the rule contended that by reason of McCo . 1 "",' "" '"' ^"'^ '"•'»• ''''• ^-""^ in ;'/v.;l.ng fence, Plai„tir.s cattle git in a d 1, tht '"'"''"'*'' '' ""'''' "'' '''« «'-« of the mble for any dan.age done by then. T . ' h V "S'T r'"^''"'""' "'' ^" ^''«^ ^''"'"^iff -« "ot *"•• it assumes that McCon.be' wa.s liab'tLke .'a"" , '' ' '''' '"^"""^"^ '' '--' "" " '-iity "I'P-r to be so. No arrangen.ent as to llv t .^ ^ 7"'; "."'r' "' ^'^ ''""^- ''''"^ ^oes no -ere the fence viewers ever called in. Th fe^ee":;! "V" H '" "'' '" "'"' ^"^"^'^ '"' "-' '-^O o" possession. Plaintiff says in his ev' lence ha h ^ , T^VT '^'"'^ '' ''''"' ^^^^'-'- tl.ut fence at considerable cost, and it would h/veU, v n'?""'"' ^' ^''''""^'«) J'"^' »'"'Jt trees across it. McCo.„be, he added, den e tlLt a^rt. "', '1 " '" ^'''''''"''^^ ^^'' ""^ f*^^"-' -count of the felling trees across w^s ha h t T ' ""''^ ^'""^ '^- ^^^^"-"^-'^ across, which he cut up and d.-ew away sever 11 Xf "^ T' '"^ '''''' ""'^ ^''^^ ^^ ^>'"-» ;std and that he (McCo...be) also puf up tl fencf 1 it n" '"^ ^''^ ^"''" ''"" ^'^'-"^iff) •y the fenc. viewers to keep up a certa n rtLn ".f Tv / "'"'^ '"' "^""^ «'' ^^ ««'-*^d - the oxe,. n.ade their way over the par tc la 1^V'\ Z "" '"' "^^^^^^^^^^ t^' ^^ -- 2 t to „„pouud thern. The view then'l la" tike tl ."\ •! ^'''^'^'""'^^ ' ■'""'^ h"- '-^ - at where it is not the duty of either party L kee , un ' "'"' ?'' '^ ^ ^""^^^ "'^^' '« ^^s : 40 theh„efe„ce,eitheroftheu,alIowshiLttleto Irl ' ^"^ I-t^eular and defined portion of nsk of their straying aero.ss and trespasiCiLS;;;?^ '"/""^ "^ ''is own risk, the --'•^ .?vee as to keeping up this linefenc« ^a" 1 h. ve - n ?• ^'T - ^^^^^"^'I'^ -•-««- ^f J-. could " "' ^"'' "'"'^^ ^" ^^- '^"''^ viewers. This McCombe 8 WiHh..,J )„. wn, M koe,. H . ' ""'' '""' ""v«, going ,0 renle vv Lr, • T"'' °' "■"*<" ™- He ^vs «WI, '' ""' "''''""J' "-'i McCombe savs tha^ l^f 4.1. ^Jamtitt s story is that T i>tl c ■ •^"'y valued them at from $90 '■• = ■ conceived rop,''^ Z"" ""^'•>'" "' m him r,^^ZZ'-^ T","* *" *'*™''«. i ft •<». r 10 • proceedings and so thought he wonl.1 i, would have been oblted t" 1^'" ^ ^'"""^ ^' ^^ ^ard to s y It "^' "'^' ^^^^^^W. them ; and thus Mof nit " '^' "^"^^ «« ^e could not k.TJ'fi. ^^''''' ^" "^^ ^^at he rpr - 0' case on tl,i/hei,l Tj f ° ™tm„i„g di,t«,. j have „„t t^ , '"' '™' ''"^ '"» h« 10 'o the jury „„\i: ■ '„"ir ;: r r"" '" '"^ °"'^' *- « . t r:i'r .'° «»^ »«*°'*y rigMj, entitled. iTo™. k„ ,' r '""" "''^ " "'""W "« 1,: mid „v» h t "" '° «" «"' % reason for holding that Mo u "'' '^'^' ^«^^'"«h'P- ® u 1. The evidence shows that ^u ^^^ 'P""""' - H""WI, Mich. 1,™, 2 Vi, - - --^ "=;r::;rr^^^^^^^^^^^ . w .. ,„.. time the cattle were distrained Evidence of McOombe. *^- ^^i« evidence shows thaf iw.n l Evidence of Plaintiff. Do. Little. e >i