Schoolcraft v. Simpson

This is an action of replevin. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, the defendant has brought the case here by writ of error.

The Wade Brothers were at one time engaged in buying potatoes. The Armour Refrigerator Car Company had a claim against them of upwards of $400. It sued out a writ of attachment, which writ was placed in the hands of the defendant, who, under the direction of the attorney for the Armour Refrigerator Car Company, who claimed the potatoes belonged to the Wade Brothers, levied upon the potatoes, — about 1,350 bushels, which were in cars 8,182, 4,756, and 4,624 on the…