Reagan v. Armstrong

The plaintiff, Nedra Reagan, commenced this action to recover of the defendant, A. E. Armstrong, sheriff of Glacier County, Montana, damages for the conversion of four particularly described mares of the reasonable value of $300 each, alleged to have been wrongfully, maliciously and unlawfully seized on or about the 16 day of August 1940 by the defendant sheriff.

The defendant filed an answer admitting that at the time alleged he was the sheriff of Glacier county, Montana, but denying generally all plaintiff’s other allegations.

As a second defense, the defendant alleges that at the times…