Brown v. Allen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendants for an alleged trespass committed by entering the warehouse of the plaintiff and taking and removing therefrom a quantity of corn. Trial by jury. Yer-dict and judgment for plaintiff for $3,600. Both parties appeal. The further necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
^RATOsT’ooninípeísoaai*" propertj. The plaintiff, in the first count of his petition, sues for two days’ use and occupation of his warehouse, which, he alleges, the defendants broke and entered and kept possession of, thereby depriving plaintiff of the use thereof, anq destroying his business as a grain dealer and shipper.
In the second count he sues for maliciously seizing and appropriating the corn stored in the warehouse, and claims to recover three times the value thereof.
The defendants, Allen & West, answered, denying the plaintiff’s possession and right of possession of the warehouse, or…
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