American Merchants' Union Express Co. v. Willsie

This was replevin, in the Knox circuit court, by the American Merchants’ Union Express Company against Horace H. Willsie, for certain goods and merchandise, taken by him, as a constable, on execution against one John A. Marshall and in favor of John B. Ellison & Sons, which execution was pleaded by the defendant in justification of the taking. There was a plea, also, of property in Ellison, and on these issues were made up and tried by a jury, resulting in a verdict for defendant. A motion for a new trial was denied, and an appeal taken by the plaintiff, who complains that the verdict is…