Henry v. Sowles

This is an action of trover for “three thousand dollars, in United States treasury and national bank notes of various denominations and value, issued by virtue, and under authority, of the laws of the United States.” Now, after verdict for the plaintiff, (ante, 481,) the defendant moves in arrest of judgment for insufficiency of the declaration in this description of the property. In det-inue and replevin the description of the property must be sufficient to direct the officer in taking it, because the property itself is generally recoverable in such actions; but in trover the description may…