Dederick v. Brandt

Appellee sued appellant Sollars, seeking to recover possession of a haypress. Sollars justified his possession as holding for and under the sheriff of Lake county, who had taken the press from appellee by virtue of a writ of replevin. Dederick was made a party defendant upon his own motion and answered *265also that he owned the property and was entitled to hold it. The questions presented are raised by the motion for new trial.

While the evidence is conflicting, there is abundant to justify the court in holding that the press was taken from appellee’s farm in his absence and against his…