Verner v. Bosworth
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Greenwood District Court. Replevin, brought by Bosworth and another against Verner, as sheriff of Greenwood county, to recover the possession of certain cattle. Trial at the August Term, 1881, of the district court, and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
On March 24,1881, two citizens of Greenwood county made complaint in writing to M. J. Werner, as-sheriff of that county, that , there were at Bachelor creek, within the county, wild or undomesticated cattle infected and diseased with what is commonly known as Texas, splenic, or Spanish fever, and requested the sheriff to take them into custody until the charges in the complaint could be investigated in accordance with the provisions of ch. 161, Laws of 1881, Thereupon the sheriff took possession of the cattle, and immediately gave notice…
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