Clark v. West

A clear understanding of the point raised by this record requires a somewhat extended statement of the material *244circumstances connected with the case, and their dates, as we gather them from the bill of exceptions.

In April, 1870, Clark, one of the plaintiffs in error, commenced a suit in replevin, against West, for a heifer, before John H. Dresser, a justice of the peace, and the animal was taken upon the writ, and delivered to Clark, and on the 21st of May, thereafter, judgment was given by the justice in favor of West, the then defendant, and return of the property ordered. On the 23d of…