Westover v. Calder

delivered the following opinion.

This is an action to recover the value of twenty-one cases of whisky and damages for its seizure. Heifer, the principal defendant, was night policeman of the city of Laurel, Calder, its city attorney, and Settergren and Hanner private individuals who responded to the request of Heifer to assist him. The complaint alleges that the ownership of the liquors was *269in the plaintiff, that its value was $2,100, and that it was by defendants maliciously and illegally converted. These averments the answer denies, pleads its purchase for illegal sale and the maintenance of…