Second National Bank v. Hatch

This action is for the recovery of a certain boiler and for damages for its detention. The action was instituted in the superior court of King county. The plaintiff, appellant here, alleges in its complaint that it is the owner and entitled to the possession of a certain chattel known as a “marine boiler of the Smith & Watson make,” and that, while it was in the peaceable possession thereof, the defendant, respondent here, without its consent or knowledge, took the said chattel into his possession and has since withheld the same. The answer denies the material allegations of the complaint and…