Wilcox v. McCune
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. Action of replevin for a Johnson county bounty fund warrant' of one hundred dollars. Trial to a jury; verdict and judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. The further necessary facts will be found stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Conn, J.-
1. Practice. u^oifdf. muiTer. -The petition of the plaintiff is in the usual form, and sets out tlfe manner in which plaintiff claims to have acquired the title to the warrant in controversy. The return on the writ shows that ^ warra]a^ ^self was not replevied, but was kept by defendant, who refused to give it to the officer serving the writ. •• The defendant, in his answer, admits the existence of the warrant and its value, but denies that plaintiff is the owner, or entitled to the possession .of it. And, in a second count of the answer, it is ’averred that the warrant was formerly…
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