Stevens v. Carson

The plaintiff in error sued out a writ of replevin in the court below, against the sheriff of Fillmore county, to re-, cover possession of a general stock of goods and merchandise, taken by defendant in error under several writs of attachment issued against Garrett Stevens, her husband; she claiming title to the goods under an alleged bill of sale from her husband to her. She failed to give the replevin' bond to the coroner, required by law, and the suit was prosecuted against the sheriff for the conversion of the property, praying for the restoration of the goods, or judgment for their value.