Terry v. Allis

By the Court,

Paine, J.

The plaintiff had possession of a city order of the city of Milwaukee, and the defendants, being engaged on a committee in investigating certain alleged frauds of some of the city officers, in respect to orders, obtained this from the plaintiff for the purpose of aiding in the investigation, under a promise to restore it. They did not restore it, and this action was brought against them for its value.

The facts alleged in the answer were admitted on the trial to be true; and, from that, it appears that the order was originally issued to N. Ludwig, and was payable to his…