Owens v. Frank
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court for Weston County. HoN. Joseph L. Stotts, Judge. Action in replevin by Meyer Frank against John Owens, as sheriff of Weston County. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff and the defendant prosecuted error. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court for Weston County. HoN. Joseph L. Stotts, Judge. Action in replevin by Meyer Frank against John Owens, as sheriff of Weston County. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff and the defendant prosecuted error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Practically the only question involved in this appeal is whether or not a witness may refuse to answer a material question touching a material conversation, on the ground that it was a privileged communication, to wit: was told him as a Mason. Henry Leppla, a witness for plaintiff in error, was asked concerning a…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
This was an action to recover possession of certain specific personal property, which the sheriff held under attachment sued out at the instance of certain creditors of one Robert S. Douglas, who had formerly been engaged in the mercantile business. Douglas had sold out his entire stock (including the attached property), fixtures, and accounts to the defendant in error, and thereafter the goods were attached as the property of Douglas, the sale being assailed, on the trial, as fraudulent and void, and as having been made to protect the debtor vendor. The cause was tried…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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