Pope v. Cordell

This was an action in the nature of trespass for taking and carrying away from the possession of the plaintiff certain' personal property, one horse and a mule. The defendant answered, denying the taking and denying that the plaintiff was the owner of the property described in the petition. There was a trial by the court, sitting as a jury, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for §80, the value of the mule, which judgment the District Court reversed, and the plaintiff appealed. The evidence shows that plaintiff found the horse and mule on the battle-field of Pea Ridge and took them…