Wanamaker v. Schultz

This is a replevin action The facts, except as to the ownership of the property, are undisputed. The plaintiff owned a farm and cattle, and the defendant was his tenant on shares, and also owned cattle, some of which he sold to the plaintiff. The fight is over the ownership of three cows. After the defendant had failed to give a bond for the return of the cows, the justice ordered them delivered to the plaintiff, who has had possession of them ever since.

At the trial the jury rendered a verdict that “ The three cows shall be returned to Schultz,” and thereupon the justice entered judgment in…