Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. North American Cold Storage Co.

Plaintiff brought an action of replevin against the defendant to recover possession of 646 boxes of apples, and 606 of the boxes were taken on the writ and delivered to the plaintiff. Afterwards there was a trial and a verdict in favor of the defendant finding the right to the possession of the property was not in the plaintiff and defendant’s damages were fixed at the sum of $130.56, judgment was entered on the verdict and a writ of retorno habendo ordered and plaintiff appeals.

The record discloses that in December, 1925, H. R. Boomer and Otto Steinberg were doing business in Idaho and…