Rachofsky & Co. v. Benson

Replevin by J. L. Rachofsky and B. L. Rachofsky, copartners, doing business as Rachofsky & Co., to recover goods and chattels,'the ownership and right to the possession of which the plaintiffs averred to be in them, and which, as alleged, were wrongfully detained from them by the defendant, C. C. Benson.

The defendant, who was the sheriff of La Plata county; denied ownership or right of possession in the plaintiffs, and alleged that the goods and chattels were the property of one Harry Rachofsky, and were in the possession of the defendant, as sheriff, by virtue of the levy upon them by him of…