Cowling v. Estes

This was an action of trespass, brought by appellee against appellant in the Circuit Court of Wabash county. The defendant filed four pleas: First, the general issue; second, that the defendant was the sheriff of Wabash county, and that he took the goods and merchandise described in the declaration by virtue of certain writs of attachment issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Wabash county, at the instance of various parties, creditors of W. Morrow & Co., and that the goods and merchandise were not the property of the plain tiff.

The third plea shows a license upon the part of plaintiff…