Finnerty v. Gerlach

Appeal from an order denying defendant’s alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial and from a judgment.

Action in replevin to recover possession of the property hereinafter referred to. The case ivas tried in the municipal court of St. Paul to a jury. Verdict ivas in favor of plaintiff.

For more than seven years prior to his death, one Tuttle was the OAvner and in possession of a houseboat and certain appurtenances thereto, together with the furniture, tools and other personal property therein. This houseboat was used by him as a place of residence and was…