Bruce v. Squires

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JohnstoN,- C. J. :

The controversy in this case is as to the ownership and possession of- a stock of goods in Cherryvale, known as the “Variety Store.” It was attached by the sheriff at the instance of creditors of J. F. Bruce and as his property. Nannie L. Bruce, his wife, replevied the stock from the sheriff, claiming it as her own and that she had acquired it by gift from J. M. Bruce, the father of her husband. On her part, it is claimed-that in 1898 J. M. Bruce obtained a half-interest in the stock; that, as he was very old and feeble, he employed…