Kern v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. Action to recover specific personal property which the defendant, as sheriff, had taken possession of by virtue of a certain writ of attachment against J. C. Dwyer. Trial by jury. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevebs, J.
i replkviníegaüoifof1" Ssetosus-" I. It is stated in the petition that the “plaintiffs are the absolute and unqualified owners of a stock of drugs, *n the possession of J. C. Dwyer in a certain store building * * * in Dows, that they acquired said ownership by purchase; that defendant wrongfully detains possession of the same.” The plaintiffs offered to introduce in evidence a chattel mortgage executed by Dwyer to them upon the goods in controversy, as they claimed. To this the defendant objected, upon several grounds, which were overruled. The defendant asked the court to instruct the jury…
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