Applegate v. Crawford

Replevin for a printing press. The suit .was by Gh'aliam and Applegate against Crawford. The defendant avowed the taking of the goods as a constable by virtue of a distress warrant for rent, to him directed by a justice of the peace in favor of one Bower, the landlord, against Horsely, his tenant, and averred that- the press was found upon the premises demised to Horsely, and was *580his property. A second avowry was likewise made similar to the foregoing, except that it did not aver that the property belonged to Horsely, the tenant.

To these avowries the plaintiff in replevin pleaded:

1. That the…