Busch v. Nester

On September 16, 1885, the plaintiff brought an action of replevin against the defendants. The writ commanded the sheriff to take into his custody—

“About twelve hundred thousand feet of pine saw-logs, board measure, consisting mostly of white pine, and marked by the plaintiff, William C. Busch, with his mark, monogram B; also including in said amount logs so marked by said Busch and afterwards overmarked with IIII by Timothy Nester, one of the defendants, the total amount so over-marked being about 57,730 feet, board measure; also all logs marked ‘H,’ amounting to about 220,563 feet, board…