Brown v. Sloan

Ryan, C.

In her petition filed in the district court of Pawnee county Selina F. Brown alleged that she was the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of certain wares and merchandise; that said goods were detained from *29her by Joseph G. Sloan, the sheriff of said county, and that said property was not taken upon execution, etc., against her. There was an answer containing a denial of each averment in the petition. On a trial of the issues presented there was a verdict by which it was found that at the commencement of the action the sheriff had a special ownership in the property in…