Freeburger v. Caldwell

*770The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

Action to recover the possession of personal property alleged to be of the value of $200, and $500 damages for its detention. Plaintiffs alleged that the}' were partners, under the firm name of W. A. Freeburger & Co. The defendant justified his taking by answering that he was a constable, and had levied a lawful writ of attachment, issued by a justice of the peace, upon the goods as the property of Gr. W. Freeburger. He also set up that Mrs. Fannie Q. Freeburger was a married woman, wife of Gr. W. Freeburger. Upon this state of facts the…