Gibson v. Stevens
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was 'brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the- District of Indiana. It was an action of replevin brought by Gibson, a citizen of New York, against Stevens, the sheriff of Allen County, Indiana, who had in his custody sundry articles of property which he had taken by virtue of a writ of foreign attachment, issued under the State laws of Indiana.
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This case was 'brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the- District of Indiana. It was an action of replevin brought by Gibson, a citizen of New York, against Stevens, the sheriff of Allen County, Indiana, who had in his custody sundry articles of property which he had taken by virtue of a writ of foreign attachment, issued under the State laws of Indiana. The facts in the case were agreed upon by the counsel in the Circuit Court as follows. Be it remembered, that at the May term of said court, A. D. 1844, the above cause was submitted to the decision of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case is one of much interest, and has been very fully argued. There is, however, but a single question in it, and that is, whether the property in dispute was transferred to the plaintiff in error, and vested in him, by the indorsement and delivery of the warehouse documents in the manner stated in the record.
The fact that McQueen & McKay by fraudulent means obtained the’money from the bank, with which they purchased the pork and flour, is not material in the decision of this question. The bank in these proceedings does not claim the property as its own, upon the ground that it was…
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