Gates v. Powell

This is an action in claim and delivery instituted by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant certain furniture and household effects, or their reasonable .value, with damages for their unlawful detention. Upon issue being joined, the cause was tried to a jury, and resulted in a verdict in the plaintiff’s favor. Judgment was entered upon the verdict adjudging the plaintiff entitled to the possession of the property therein specifically described, and to $600 as damages for its unlawful detention; or, in case a “delivery of such personal property cannot be had, then that the plaintiff…