Martin v. Block

This is an action of replevin in which the plaintiff recovered judgment in the trial court. The defendants appealing assign for errors:

1. That the petition fails to state a cause of action.

*61The petition is in the following words:

“Plaintiff states that she is the owner of and entitled, to the possession of the following personal property ; viz : Twelve barrels of soar mash whiskey, containing about four hundred and forty gallons, of the value of about one thousand dollars, which the defendant wrongfully detains from the plaintiff. She, therefore, asks judgment for the recovery of said property,…