Dahl v. Halverson

Plaintiff appealed from an order denying her motion for a new trial.

On November 20, 1924, defendant Sever Halverson instituted an action in municipal court in Fergus Falls in replevin to repossess a piano then in possession of the plaintiff herein. The usual writ was issued and put in the hands of Frank Okerlund, a constable, one of the defendants herein, for service. He called to his assistance the other defendants herein, and they proceeded to plaintiff’s home. They met with resistance and unusual conduct. They necessarily broke a door and took the piano by force.

In January, 1928, this…