Bates & Co. v. Stanley

Bates & Co. commenced an action in replevin in the county court against the defendant- for the possession of a -kiln of brick, a lot of brickmaking tools, sheds, etc. The property was taken under the writ and appraised at $806, and on the execution of the required undertaking the possession of the whole of the property was delivered to plaintiff. The county court found the value of the kiln of brick to be $700, and the value of the remainder of the property was fixed at $200; that the defendant was entitled to the possession of the kiln of brick, and an alternative judgment was rendered in…