Warner v. Sohn

Plaintiff replevied from defendants three stacks of rye. The answer to his petition consisted of a' general denial and a prayer for judgment for a return of the property, or for its value, if a return could not be had, and for damages for wrongful detention. At the trial below witnesses testified on both sides of the case. In obedience to a peremptory instruction at the close of the testimony, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendants. The value of the property was fixed at $45, and defendants’ damage by *520reason of the detention at $17.85. From a judgment on the verdict plaintiff…