Saubman v. Greatrakes

On the twenty-seventh day of November, 1868, plaintiff filed with the clerk of the district court of Butler county his petition in replevin for a colt valued at $125, of which he claimed to be the *599unqualified owner. He executed bond, and procured a writ of replevin the same day; and afterward, by virtue of said writ, obtained possession of tlie colt. On tbe first of November, 1869, tbe defendant filed in tbe clerk’s office bis answer to tbe petition denying its allegations and averring bis ownership of the property. Two days thereafter, and in term time, the plaintiff moved to strike the…