John Church Co. v. Dorsey

The respondent heretofore instituted an action in this court against one Davis to recover a piano and caused the same to he replevied by the sheriff. Davis reclaimed the chattel pursuant to section 1704 of the Code of Civil Procedure, giving an undertaking pursuant to said section. A trial was had resulting in a judgment awarding to the plaintiff in that action -the possession of the chattel and also the sum of $192.50, the sum fixed as the value thereof, in the event that possession of the chattel was not delivered to the plaintiff, and the further sum of $100.28, the costs of the action. An…