Clifford Banking Co. v. Bankhead

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in this action to replevy 67 head of cattle. They claim that defects in the procedure by which plaintiff obtained pre-judgment possession of the cattle deprived the circuit court of jurisdiction to entertain plaintiffs suit and that the jury’s failure to render a verdict on defendants’ counterclaim for conversion of the cattle requires reversal. We affirm.

I

In finding for plaintiff on its replevin claim, the jury determined that on December 31, 1984, defendants possessed cattle that they had pledged as security for promissory notes…