Barnett v. Wooldridge

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a detinue case.

Barnett sued Wooldridge and Johnson on November 13, 1980 for the possession of a particular Garden-Denver blast hole drill and for the reasonable value for the hire or use thereof during its wrongful detention. A hearing was held on December 2, 1980 on Barnett’s motion for a prejudgment writ of seizure. He was authorized to possess the drill on that date. Thereafter, Barnett and Wooldridge agreed, and the trial court ordered on January 9, 1981, that Barnett would have the right to the immediate possession of the drill upon his…