Consolidated Amusement Co. v. Jarrett

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

WATSON, J.

Replevin by tbe appellant for certain office furniture and chattels alleged to bave been unlawfully taken and detained from it by tbe appellee, William P. Jarrett, high sheriff of tbe Territory of Hawaii. What tbe answer was does not appear from tbe record sent up, but in tbe briefs of both counsel for tbe appellant and appellee it is stated to bave been a general denial, which, under our practice (Sec. 2369, R. L. 1915) was *538no doubt sufficient to permit tbe defendant to sbow tbat he had taken the property as an officer upon process. See also Wells on…