Freese v. Kemplay

THAYER, Circuit Judge.

Herman C. Freese and Charles M. Rhode, the plaintiffs in error, brought an action against James Kemp-lay, H. A. Jandt, William Tackaberry, and William E. Tackaberry, wherein they alleged that the defendants had wrongfully and unlawfully taken possession of a stock of goods belonging to the plaintiffs situated at George, in the state of Iowa, and had unlawfully converted them to their own use, to the plaintiffs’ damage in the sum of $5,500. The defendants filed an answer to the complaint, wherein they admitted the seizure of the stock of goods in question, but alleged…