McMurray v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — How. J. M. Casey, Judge. This is an action to recover the possession of specific personal property. There was a trial by the court, which resulted in a judgment in favor of the defendant for the property and costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobissow, J.
On. tire twenty-third day of November, 1887, the plaintiff filed in the court below a petition in which he alleged that he was the absolute and unqualified owner of a certain pacing racehorse, known as “Richball, and of harness and robe used with him, and that he acquired such ownership by purchase from one T. C. Halsell on the fourteenth day of March, 1887. On the twenty-fifth day of October, 1888, the plaintiff filed an amended and substituted petition, in which he alleged that he was the absolute and unqualified owner of the horse, and that he acquired such ownership by purchase from one…
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