Blew v. Powers

— We granted certiorari under rules 306 to 319, Rules of Civil Procedure, to review an order of defendant-judge that certain furniture taken from plaintiffs’ borne by peace officers be delivered to Hall-Ekfelt Furniture Company which claimed to own it. The order was made without notice to plaintiffs or opportunity to be heard upon an application filed by Hall-Ekfelt under chapter 645, Code, 1962, in a criminal proceeding in which Dunham and Ford were charged and convicted of larceny of a rug and chest of drawers from Hall-Ekfelt.

Plaintiffs claim the order deprived them of their property…