Phipps v. Taylor

This is an action of replevin. The property sought to be recovered is fifty-five thousand feet of lumber piled in the mill and mill-yard at Gurney’s Mill,, in Douglas County, Oregon. The lumber was distributed in from twelve to fifteen separate piles, and each lot is particularly described in the complaint, and the entire quantity is alleged to be of the value of five hundred dollars. The defendants allege in their answer, after denying the taking as wrongful, and denying each of the other allegations specifically, that G. A. Taylor at said time was sheriff of Douglas County, Oregon, and the…