Plummer v. Shirley

This was an action of replevin, by Shirley, who was the plaintiff, against the appellants, who were the defendants. The charge is, that the plaintiff is the owner of four oxen, two ox yokes, one log wagon, and two log chains, all of the value of $206, of which he is entitled to possession. But he avers that the defendants are now in the possession of said property, and detain the same from him unlawfully and without right, &c, Defendants answered: 1. Non detinet. 2. Property in themselves. 3. That the goods and chattels described in the complaint were, at the commencement of this suit, the…