Swiggett v. Dodson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Butler District Court. On November 1,1884, and prior thereto, Andrew Swiggett was engaged in business in the village of Towanda, Butler county, Kansas, as a retail dealer in general merchandise. He was also largely indebted to various persons and firms, including George Swiggett, bis father, and the two firms of W. W. Johnston & Co., of Wichita, and Patterson, Bell & Co., of Kansas City, Mo.
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Error from, Butler District Court. On November 1,1884, and prior thereto, Andrew Swiggett was engaged in business in the village of Towanda, Butler county, Kansas, as a retail dealer in general merchandise. He was also largely indebted to various persons and firms, including George Swiggett, bis father, and the two firms of W. W. Johnston & Co., of Wichita, and Patterson, Bell & Co., of Kansas City, Mo. On that day, by virtue of an instrument in writing, executed by himself and his father and the two firms aforesaid, he conveyed all his property kept and used in his said business to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
The first and principal question presented to this court is, whether the court below erred or not in sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence. And this question depends for its solution upon the further question whether a certain instrument in writing executed by Andrew Swiggett and his father George Swiggett, and the two firms of W. W. Johnston & Co., of Wichita, and Patterson, Bell & Co. of Kfinsas City, Mo., purporting to transfer to the aforesaid firms Andrew Swiggett’s general stock of merchandise, is a valid instrument or…
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