Castle v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This is an appeal by the defendants, from an order of the district court for Washington county. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Ripley, Ch. J.
This action was commenced on the 15th of August, 1870, to recover possession of certain railroad ties, or the value thereof, if possession could not be had, with damages for the detention thereof. On the same day, the affidavit of one of the plaintiffs, of their ownership and right to the possession thereof, and its wrongful detention by defendants, its value, and that it had not been taken for a tax, assessment or fine pursuant to a statute, or seized under an execution or attachment against plaintiffs’ property, and with the indorsement thereon, by plaintiffs’…
2Cited by1 opinion
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