Lawson v. Robinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

This was an action of replevin, in which the plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, sought to recover of both the defendants in error certain articles of personal property on which he claimed to have a mortgage. -The general verdict, which, in its entitling, named both defendants, was in the following language:

“We, the jury in this case, find for the plaintiff against the defendant James Robinson, that at the commencement of this action the plaintiff was entitled to the immediate possession of the property taken in this case, and that…