Mohme v. Livingston
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Keolcak Circuit Com't. Action of replevin to recover the possession of nineteen head of cattle of the alleged value of $250. The cause was tried before the court without a jury, and a judgment was rendered for defendant for $23.75, the value of his interest in the property as found by the court. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i arpioaxj: amounfin11: controversy. The answer alleges that the cattle replevied were found by defendant, who is marshal of the town of Sigourney, running at large within the corporate limits of town in violation of an ordinance thereof, and were taken up and impounded under the provisions of the ordinance. The ordinance provides that the marshal shall be allowed fifty cents a day for keeping and fifty cents for impounding each head of cattle, which shall be paid by the owner. The pleadings show that the marshal impounded nineteen head of cattle. He kept them in pound two days. The court…
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