Dodge v. Runels

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant to recover the possession of five hundred sheep and sixty-one lambs, which property was taken under the writ and delivered to the plaintiffs. On the trial of the cause the jury found the right of property and right of possession to be in the defendant, and found the value of the property to be the sum of two thousand and seventy-eight dollars, and the damages of the defendant to be the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars. The plaintiff thereupon-filed a motion for a new trial, which was taken under advisement by…