Gray v. Delay

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This was an action of replevin for certain cattle and horses, alleged to be of the total value of $3,300. The case was tried by a jury, which found for the defendant. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant for a return of the property, or, in case a return could not be had, then for $2,103, the value of the property, and for costs. The plaintiff brings the case to this court.

Y. M. Gray, the plaintiff, is the father of Irad W. Gray. The plaintiff claimed upon the trial, that on the 25th of March, 1889, Irad W. Gray, who lived at…