Brafford v. Calhoun

OPINION

BY THE COURT:

This is an action in replevin to recover possession of a pinball machine. In the petition the defendant is described as the Chief of Police of Hamilton, and it is alleged that while acting in that capacity he seized the pin-ball machine and had ever since detained it from the plaintiff. It is also alleged that the machine was licensed by the United States of America.

The defendant’s answer was limited to denial that he wrongfully detained the machine from the plaintiff.

The evidence was limited to a description of the machine for the purpose, apparently, of proving that it…