Grover v. Huckins

The plaintiff in error, at the time of commencing proceedings in the court below, was pound-master of the village of Wenona. As such, he took up and impounded certain horses belonging to defendant, which were found at large within the streets of the village. Afterwards, the pound appears to have been broken open, and the horses were either driven away or escaped. They were found in possession of defendant, outside the village limits, and the plaintiff replevied them. On the trial of the replevin suit, various objections were taken to a recovery, among which was, that the village ordinance for…