Lougee v. Colton

The Chief Justice

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an action of Replevin for goods alleged to have been taken from a designated house in the city of Louisville. The parties sued traversed the taking as alleged, and averred that it was from a different house in the same city; and having tendered an issue as to the place, they avowed that the goods were taken in virtue of a distress warrant for rent due.

The Circuit Court sustained a demurrer to the plea, and thereupon, rendered a judgment for the plaintiffs in the action:

In England, the place where the goods were distrained was…