Keen v. Preston

This was replevin to recover a quantity of staves. Two defenses were pleaded. 1. General denial. 2. Property in the defendants. There was a jury trial, a verdict for the defendants, and a judgment thereon over a motion for a new trial. The plaintiffs appeal.

The evidence is in the record, and discloses that one Hawkins, a retail merchant, being indebted to the plaintiffs in about the sum of $2,300, on the 27th of January, 1861, executed to them an absolute bill of sale of his stock of store' goods, and the staves in question. Immediate possession was taken of the goods by the plaintiffs. The…