Beall v. Spear

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

T. J. Beall brought replevin against James Spear, Mattie Spear, and Phil Wah-Wa-Sic, all the defendants beings Indians, basing his claim upon two chattel mortgages. The trial court held that as a matter of law the plaintiff was entitled to the possession of the property, submitting to the jury only the question of the value of his interest, and that merely as a matter of computation. Judgment was rendered accordingly, fixing the amount of the plaintiff’s lien at $288.36, and the defendants appeal.

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