Smith v. Hewett

— This is a controversy touching tbe right of property to certain pictures and articles of household furniture set up by plaintiff under tbe following circumstances : John B. Smith, husband of plaintiff, and Mrs. Kingman, his mother-in-law, were the keepers of the Julian House in the city of Dubuque. By them the property in dispute had been mortgaged. After foreclosure, the defendant with a special execution under the decree levied upon the same, and it was replevined by the plaintiff, wife of the said J. B. Smith, as her own separate property, under her exclusive control and possession. The…