Johnston v. Karjala

This is an action on a redelivery bond given on behalf of the defendant in a replevin action. The cause was tried to the court, resulting in a judgment of dismissal, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

The facts necessary to the determination of the questions now presented are, briefly stated, substantially as follows:

On August 14, 1931, appellant, as plaintiff, commenced the original action in the superior court for Grays Harbor county for the recovery of the possession of a-ten-ton Caterpillar tractor then in the possession of the defendant William Karjala. Apparently, the plaintiff then…