J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. v. Huffman

TjEWIS, j.

The controversy in this action was whether the defendants acquired a valid title to certain personal property at a sale upon an execution issued against one Edward Huffman, and the principal question at the trial was whether, at the time of the levy ■of the execution, Huffman acquired possession of the property by virtue of a sale from the plaintiff, or as a borrower. The trial court submitted the question to the jury to determine whether there had been a sale or a loan, and the jury returned a verdict for defendants, which was equivalent to a finding that the property had been sold…