Allen v. Cowley

The plaintiff cut and claims to own certain logs and bark which grew upon land described in the declaration. It was afterwards taken from his possession by the defendant under a claim of ownership — First, as purchaser at a sale by the sheriff, under an auditor general’s warrant; second, under a deed from one Ida Farnham, who is alleged to have owned the premises. Thereupon the plaintiff replevied .the logs and bark. The evidence offered upon the trial showed that the property sold by the sheriff consisted of 1,764 logs. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for all of the property…