Branch v. Branch

This is an action of replevin, instituted in the Circuit Court for Marion County, by William D. Branch, administrator, &c., of Samuel E. Swilley,'deceased, against Littleberry Branch, to recover a stock of cattle, numbering about eighteen hundred. An affidavit and bond were filed, ■whether in accordance with the provisions of the statute or not, is a question not presented for our consideration. The writ was issued and levied, a summons was served upon defendant, a declaration was duly filed, and at the last term of said Court, the cause came on to be heard, when the defendant’s counsel “…