Kock v. Bostwick

This is an action of replevin, brought by the plaintiff, claiming as chattel mortgagee, against the defendant, a constable of the city of Detroit, who seized the goods and chattels covered by the mortgage in hostility thereto by virtue of a writ of attachment issued out of justice’s court at the suit of a creditor of the mortgagor.

The American Brass & Metal Works was a mercantile and manufacturing corporation organized under the laws of the State, with an authorized capital of $50,000, of which $34,230 was paid in. The plaintiff in this case, Jacob Kock, was its president, and owned a large…