De Lanoy v. Taylor

517 Submitted November 29, 2018, affirmed November 14, 2019 David DE LANOY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Katelin J. TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant. Marion County Circuit Court 16CV24141; A164942

452 P3d 1036

In this dispute over a dog, plaintiff filed a claim for replevin, and defendant filed a counterclaim for a declaratory judgment. Before trial, defendant chal- lenged the procedural propriety of the replevin claim and asked the trial court to proceed only on the declaratory judgment claim. Without clearly ruling on that issue, the court proceeded to a bench trial. After trial, the court declared…