Legal Opinion

Reilly v. Ringland

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 30, 1874PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Polh Circuit Court. This is an action of replevin of four stacks of wheat, one stack of barley and three stacks of oats, and for damages for the wrongful detention thereof. The cause was tried to a jury who, under the direction of the court, returned a verdict for the defendant, Wells. Judgment being rendered on the verdict, plaintiff appeals. The further facts of the case are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Ch. J.

The record shows that William B. Wells, on the 30th of September, 1868, commenced an action in the *107District Court of Webster county against Hannah Eeilly to set aside her patent to certain lands; that that action was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, in which a trial was had and a judgment rendered at the October term, 1869, in favor of said Wells, declaring him the true owner of the land and annulling the patent of Mrs. Eeilly, which judgment was afterwards affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States. On the 4th day of November, 1870, Mrs. Eeilly filed…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lane v. KingNew York Supreme Court · 1832
  2. Stewart v. DoughtyNew York Supreme Court · 1812
  3. Forsythe v. PriceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
  4. Whitmarsh v. CuttingNew York Supreme Court · 1813

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. American Alliance Ins. v. Brady Transfer & Storage Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  2. Carman v. MosierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  3. Dobbins v. Lusch, Carton & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  4. Reilly v. RinglandSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  5. Winter v. ShutterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889

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