Legal Opinion

Lafayette County Bank v. Metcalf

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 20, 1888PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court, IIon. Charles AY. Sloan, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, in this: It shows that the plaintiffs, at the date of sale of the cattle by appellants, had neither the right of possession nor the ownership of said cattle.

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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court, IIon. Charles AY. Sloan, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion. I. The petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, in this: It shows that the plaintiffs, at the date of sale of the cattle by appellants, had neither the right of possession nor the ownership of said cattle. Barnet v. Timberlalee, 57 Mo. 501; Sheble v. Curdt, 56 Mo. 437; Stonebraleer v. Ford, 81 Mo. 532; Burnet v. Gustafson, 54 la. 36; Caldwell v. Pray, 41 Mich.. 307; s. o., 32 N. W. Rep. 54; Beach v. Derby, 19 111. 617; Spalding v. Mozier, 57 111. 148; Sherman…

1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.

-The facts of this case, briefly, are about as follows: Taylor B. Winn and James M. Winn borrowed of the plaintiff bank the sum of two thousand dollars, to secure which they executed to Joseph Wilson, as trustee for the bank, a chattel mortgage, in the form of a deed of trust, on eighty-five head of cattle, being fattened on the farm of said Winns, in Lafayette county, for market, together with one hundred and fifty head of hogs following said cattle. The note was payable six months after date. About a month before the maturity of the note, the Winns, being in possession of the cattle,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  2. Fitzgerald v. HaywardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  3. Stonebraker v. FordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
  4. Hathaway v. . BraymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  5. Porter v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. LaFayette County Bank v. Metcalf, Moore & Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Hickman v. DillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
  3. National Bank of Commerce v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  4. Chandler v. WestMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. Ilfeld v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1907

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