Dean v. Bailey

This was an action on a replevin bond, brought by Bailey, as sheriff, against Sophia E. Dean and others, under the following circumstances:

Executions against W. W. Dean, the husband of the said Sophia, had been levied on a mule, a quantity of potatoes, and .a-horse-power. His wife replevied this property from the sheriff, but the suit was dismissed without a trial upon the •merits. The sheriff then brought this suit upon the bond, and the defendants pleaded that the property replevied was the property of Sophia E. Dean. On this plea, issue was joined, and a trial had, which resulted in a…