Frans v. Young
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court. Replevin : eights oe joint tenants of peesonal pboperty. — This is an action of replevin for a mare, brought by F. F. Frans and Henry H. Frans, against Charles Young and Alexander Sewell. The petition alleges, that the plaintiffs are the absolute owners of the mare; that they loaned her to the defendants, who refuse, upon demand made, to deliver her up, etc.
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Appeal from Washington District Court. Replevin : eights oe joint tenants of peesonal pboperty. — This is an action of replevin for a mare, brought by F. F. Frans and Henry H. Frans, against Charles Young and Alexander Sewell. The petition alleges, that the plaintiffs are the absolute owners of the mare; that they loaned her to the defendants, who refuse, upon demand made, to deliver her up, etc. The answer denies the absolute ownership of the plaintiffs, the loaning, the demand, the wrongful detention, etc. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs, upon which judgment was…
1Opinion of the Court
Dillon, Ch. J.
1. pledge AND SALE ON chattels : joint ownersMp-On the trial the plaintiff’s general ownership of the property was not, so far as we can learn from the record, contested. The main point ot controversy seems to have been, whether ^ ’ the defendants were not entitled to the possession of the animal by reason of an alleged pledge thereof to them by one of the plaintiffs.
It is certified in the bill of exceptions, that there was evidence “tending to show that the plaintiffs were joint owners of the property replevied, and that one of the joint owners, viz., Henry H. Frans (one of the…
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