McGlathery v. Williams
McGlathery v. Williams
Opinion of the Court
In this case the suit was originally brought in the justice of the peace court by summons and complaint, without affidavit and bond, and there was no seizure of the property. The action thus begun proceeded to trial in the justice court between the plaintiff and defendant, and a judgment was there rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the property. On this judgment the justice issued a-writ directing the seizure of the property, if ii be found, and its delivery by the officer executing the writ to the plaintiff. The trial of right of property by claim suit is a creation of the statute, and without statutory authorization there can be no such proceeding. The only statute authorizing the interposition of a claim suit' in an action of detinue and the trial of the right of property is section 1484, Code
A motion to dismiss the claim suit was made in the justice court, and was there sustained,and from that judgment the 'Claimant appealed to the circuit court, where the motion was renewed by the plaintiff to dismiss the claim suit and. was overruled by the circuit court. In this action the circuit court was in error; the motion should have prevailed; and for this error the judgment of the circuit court must be reversed and the cause remanded
Reversed and remanded.
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