Battle Creek Valley Bank v. First National Bank

The judgment here presented for review was rendered in an action of replevin commenced before a justice of the peace and, after trial, removed by appeal to the district court. The property in controversy is twenty-two head of hogs, which the owner, Dufphy, raised upon his farm in Madison county. These hogs are claimed by the plaintiff, The Battle Greek Valley Bank, by virtue of a mortgage which it had upon their dams before they were littered or conceived. The defendant bank is a judgment creditor of Dufphy and it asserts a right of possession under an execution issued upon its judgment. The…