Blaisdell v. Scally

This is an action of trespass on the case for the taking of. a piano, claimed to belong to plaintiff. The piano is one of the articles mentioned in a certain mortgage, which was found to have been wholly paid and satisfied in the case of Bateman v. Blaisdell, 83 Mich. 3571. The defendant is a deputy-sheriff of Kent county, and, at the time of the commencement of this suit, had possession of the piano, under the writ of replevin in that case. On the trial of the case at bar,, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $200.

There is a dispute as to when Scally took possession of the…