Steele v. Moore

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant, to recover the possession of five hundred bushels of corn.

It was alleged in the complaint, that the plaintiff was the owner, and lawfully entitled to the possession, of five hundred bushels of corn, grown upofi the farm on which David F. Davis then resided, which said corn was mortgaged and delivered to him by David F. Davis, of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars. That the same had not been taken for any tax, assessment, or fine, pursuant to any statute, nor seized under any execution or attachment against the property of the…