Richardson v. End
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bodge County. Action for the conversion of a stock of goods. Plaintiff claimed under a mortgage of the goods given to him by one David Nichardson on the 6th of February, 1875, which was Friday, and that he took possession under the mortgage on Monday following, and retained possession until the goods were taken by defendants.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bodge County. Action for the conversion of a stock of goods. Plaintiff claimed under a mortgage of the goods given to him by one David Nichardson on the 6th of February, 1875, which was Friday, and that he took possession under the mortgage on Monday following, and retained possession until the goods were taken by defendants. On the 15th of the same month, defendants, as sheriff and deputy sheriff, took the goods on a writ of attachment against the property of David Nichardson; and they claimed in this action that the mortgage was fraudulent and void as to…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
There is some confusion in the charge of the court below, not very well explained by the record, as' to the sections of the statute applicable to the chattel mortgage of the appellant. Amongst others, section 5, ch. 107, R. S., appears to have been twice read to the jury, as applicable to it. The *318appellant thereupon requested the court to instruct the jury that the word immediate in the section does not mean instantaneous, but must be construed in reference to the circumtances; that is, as we understand it, that immediate means within a reasonable time, in view of the particular facts. This…
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