Kendall v. O'Neal

This is an action to recover damages of the defendant for the value of certain hay, which it is alleged he wrongfully took from plaintiff, and converted to his own use. Plaintiff was the wife of Charles O. Kendall at the time *304of commencing this suit. The defendant was the sheriff of Choteau county, and took the hay, as such sheriff, under an attachment issued in a suit against Charles O. Kendall to recover a debt due by said Charles O. Kendall. The plaintiff claimed the hay as her separate property. The case was tried to a jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Defendant moved the…