Lamping v. Keenan
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from County Court of Lake County. This was an action of replevin, brought by the plaintiff below, Thomas Keenan, against the defendant, Joseph Lamping, for the recovery of a span of- mules and a set of double harness. It was originally instituted before a justice of the peace, who gave judgment for defendant Lamping.
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Appeal from County Court of Lake County. This was an action of replevin, brought by the plaintiff below, Thomas Keenan, against the defendant, Joseph Lamping, for the recovery of a span of- mules and a set of double harness. It was originally instituted before a justice of the peace, who gave judgment for defendant Lamping. Keenan appealed to the county court, and upon trial there recovered a judgment awarding a return of the property, or, if a return could not be had, that he recover the sum of $95, the value of the property. The evidence shows that Thomas Keenan purchased the property from…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
This action having been commenced in á justice’s court, no written pleadings appear in the case, but an inspection of the proceedings shows that the claims to the property in dispute set up by both parties to the controversy are precisely the same; that is to say, both parties claim ownership and right to possession by virtue thereof, and both trace title to the same source. The property was originally owned by Martin' Keenan, in his life-time. The plaintiff, Thomas Keenan, claims to have purchased it from the owner direct; while the defendant, Lamping, claims to have purchased the same at'…
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