Kennedy & Co. v. Clayton

English, 0. J.

James P. Clayton brought an action in the Desha circuit court, March 80, 1870, against Vm. A. Redmond and Thomas E. Leverett, for a steam engine.

The complaint alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was the owner and entitled to the possession of a steam engine on the Montgomery or Stockholm plantation, of the value of $250, of which the defendants had possession without right, and unlawfully detained the same, etc.

Prayer of judgment for the engine, and $100 damages for its detention.

An affidavit, in the form prescribed by the statute, was attached to the complaint, but no…