Carroll v. Frank

An attachment suit was brought before a justice of the peace, by Henry Lyon & Son, against Jacob Karatofsky, and the writ was levied upon one'zinc trunk and contents thereof. Thereafter, the defendant in this action, Joseph Frank, brought an action of replevin before another justice of the peace, in which action he obtained the custody of the trunk and its contents from the constable. Thereafter the justice dismissed the action for want of jurisdiction, leaving Mr. Frank in the custody of the chattels in controversy. The constable now brings this action against Mr. Frank for the value of the…