McClure v. Owens

Harrison, J.:

This was an action of replevin by Nancy Owens against Lewis McClure and M. O. Burton, composing the firm of McClure & Co., for one mule, two horses and four head of cattle of the value of $230, commenced before a justice of the peace, and transferred, on application of the defendants, to the Court of Common Pleas.

The defendants denied the plaintiff's title and claimed possession of the property under a mortgage from William Owens, then deceased, who was the husband of the plaintiff and the owner of the property at the time of his death.

The plaintiff recovered judgment in the…