Tunstead,  66  Calif.  486,  6  Pac.  316,  Brichman  v.  Ross,  67  Calif.  601,  8
Pac.  316;  Baxter  v.  Berg,  88  Wis.  400,  60  N.  W.  711;  Cooke  v.  Agulrre,
86  Calif.  479,  25  Pac.  5;  Meads  v,  Lasar,  92  Calif.  221,  28  Pac.  935;  Foss
17.  Marr,  40  Neb.  559,  59  N.  W.  122;  Robbins  v.  Slattery,  30  S.  C.  328,  ^
S.  E.  510;  Guille  v.  Wong  Fook,  13  Ore.  577,  11  Pac.  277;  Reed  v.  King,
89  Ky.  388,  12  S.  W.  772;  Manker  v.  Sine,  35  Neb.  746,  53  N.  W.  734;
Goodwin  v.  Potter,  40  Neb.  553,  58  N.  W.  1128;  Field  v.  Lumbard,  53
Neb.  397,  73  N.  W.  703;  Meeker. v.  Johnson,  3  Wash.  247,  28  Pac.  542;
Hanf  V.  Ford,  37  Ark.  544,  Hall  v.  Jenness,  6  Kans.  356.  The  plaintiff
may  insist  upon  the  alternative  Judgment,  though  the  defendant  waives
it.  Meeker  v.  Johnson,  supra.  Plaintiff's  sureties,  it  is  said,  contract
with  reference  to  the  statute,  and  are  not  bound  if  the  statute  is  de-
parted from,  Lee  v.  Hastings,  13  Neb.  508,  14  N.  W.  476,  Field  v,  Lum-
bard, supra.  But  although  the  plaintiff  fail  if  it  appears  that  the  de-
fendant has  no  interest  in  the  chattels,  he  is  not  entitled  to  recover
the  value.  Darling  v.  Tegler,  30  Mich.  54,  Cunningham  v.  Metropolitan
Co.,  49  C.  C.  A.  72,  110  Fed.  332.  When  plaintiff  prevails  and  is  already
in  possession  of  the  goods,  there  can  be  no  alternative  judgment  for
the  value;  and  an  error  In  the  assessment  of  the  value  is  immaterial,
Marrinan  v.  Knight,  7  Okla.  419,  54  Pac.  656;  Hanlon  v.  Goodyear,  103^
Mo.  Ap.  416,  77  S.  W.  481.  And  so  where  the  plaintiff  fails  to  give  bond,
and  the  property  not  being  replevied,  the  action  proceeds  for  the  value^
Philleo  V.  McDonald,  27  Neb.  142,  42  N.  W.  904,  Sloan  v.  Fist,  Neb.,  89
N.  W.  760,  Babb  v.  Aldridge,  45  Kans.  218,  25  Pac.  558,  Tuckwood  v^


THE  VERDICT  AND  JUDGMENT.  659

Hanthorn,  67  Wis.  326,  30  N.  W.  705.  There  need  be  no  judgment  for
the  goods  and  the  judgment  may  be  absolute  for  the  value  If  the  record
shows  that  the  return  is  impossible,  Lee  v.  Hastings,  supra;  Selby  v.
