Little v. Lawrence

The plaintiff brought a bail-trover proceeding in Putnam county court, to recover a certain described hog. The sheriff served the defendant with a copy of this proceeding, but failed to take a bond for the property or turn it over to the plain*525tiff, or to arrest the defendant. The defendant filed an answer in which he set np that the title and right of possession to the property sued for were in him. At the trial the plaintiff made a motion to strike the defendant’s answer, because (1) no bond was taken as provided by law; (2) the sheriff failed to arrest and detain the defendant as provided…