Whitney v. Swensen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, .sheriff of Hennepin county, from an order* of the district court for that county, refusing a new trial after a. trial before Hicks, J., and verdict for plaintiff for possession of the-property, or for $975, its value, and for $45,62 damages for detention.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This is an action of claim and delivery, in which plaintiff had a verdict. The complaint was in the usual form, alleging that the plaintiff was the owner, and entitled to the immediate possession, of certain personal property, and that the same was unlawfully detained by the defendant. The answer denied these allegations, and averred that the property belonged to one D. B. Young, against whom a certain described judgment had been duly rendered and docketed; that an execution had been duly issued thereon, and placed in the hands of the defendant, who was the sheriff of the county in which the…
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