Smith v. Abair

This cause was commenced in justice’s court, and appealed to the' circuit court, where plaintiff had judgment.

The defendant, who was marshal of the village of Carrollton, received a tax warrant running against plaintiff’s wife, for the collection of a tax amounting to $31 or $33, and under this warrant he seized and took away a long list of articles of personal wearing apparel belonging to Mrs. Smith. Some of this had been purchased by her prior to the marriage, and others had been purchased after marriage, in the ordinary course of purchases by the wife.1 The replevin is brought by the…