McIntosh Livestock Co. v. Buffington

This action was brought to recover possession of a mixed band of ewes and wethers consisting of 548 head, together with the fleeces sheared therefrom.

The complaint alleged plaintiff’s ownership and right to the immediate possession of the sheep and fleeces and that the same had been wrongfully taken from plaintiff’s possession and detained by the defendant in Malheur County, Oregon. After the commencement of the action the sheriff took 349 head of sheep and a like number of fleeces from the possession of the defendant and delivered the same to the plaintiff. The answer alleged that the…