Elliott v. Lochnane
Supreme Court of Kansas
This was an action brought by Elliott, plaintiff below, against the defendants, to recover^ damages for the taking, injuring and destroying of a printing press and other personal property belonging to the plaintiff.
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This was an action brought by Elliott, plaintiff below, against the defendants, to recover^ damages for the taking, injuring and destroying of a printing press and other personal property belonging to the plaintiff. The petition was filed in the Court of original jurisdiction on the 21st day of May, 1859, and alleged that on the 21st day of May, A. D. 1856, the defendants, with force and arms, took, injured and destroyed certain personal property of the plaintiff, &c., and prayed for damages, &c. Three of the defendants, Abell, Redman and Carr, severed, and filed separate answers, setting up…
1Opinion of the Court
*134By the Court,
Ewing C. J.
This was an action brought by plaintiff in error against defendants in error in the District Court sitting in Douglas county on the 21st day of May, 1859, to recover damages for an alleged destruction by defendants, on the 21st day of May, 1856, at the town of Lawrence, of a library and a newspaper establishment, owned by plaintiff.
Defendants Abell, Carr, and Redman, severally answered, .pleading—
First. A general denial.
Second. The statute of limitations of 1855, which provide that “ an action for taking, detaining or injuring any goods or chatties” “shall be commenced…
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