State Ex Rel. Bliss v. Doe

This is an action begun in the municipal court of Des Moines by the issuance of a search warrant on petition of plaintiff. The warrant was issued and the car taken thereunder. The tools described in petition were returned to the plaintiff, Bliss. For convenience W. A. Bliss will be termed plaintiff and Federal Discount Corporation the defendant. On trial both plaintiff and defendant claimed possession -of the property, the former by purchase from the owner who had purchased the car from the Cedar Valley Finance Company of Osage, Iowa, which was assignee of vendor under a conditional sales…