Bergman & Berry v. Twilight

By the Court,

Lord, J.:

This is an action for the wrongful taking and conversion by the defendant of certain personal property of the plaintiffs. The defendant admits the taking, denies the ownership of plaintiffs, and justifies under an execution issued, &c., in favor of E. J. Ingalls v. E. S. Cottrell, and further alleges, in substance, that the said property was the property of Cottrell, and not the property of plaintiffs, and that the same was taken and sold under execution against the said Cottrell. The reply of plaintiffs denies all allegations in the defendant’s answer, and sets up a…