Sandler v. Bresnaham

Action of replevin for a quantity of scrap-iron. The plaintiff resides in Grand Bapids, and claims title to the iron through a purchase made from one Snher, on January 6, 1883. It appears incidentally in the ease that defendant, when the property was taken from him on the writ in this case, was holding the property under a writ of attachment against Snher, which was levied January 10, 18S3. *568The defendant, however, did not justify under the attachment, and he seems not to have pleaded in the case.

The plaintiff had never had possession of the iron, and to show his right to maintain the suit it…