State ex rel. Glass v. Beasley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. The court erred in giving instruction number 1 asked for by relators.
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Appeal from the Saline Circuit Court. — Hon. Richard Field, Judge. The court erred in giving instruction number 1 asked for by relators. In it the court instructs the jury that if they believe from the evidence that R. H. Watts & Co. made and executed the chattel mortgages read in evidence (two separate and independent mortgages, to separate and independent parties, on different pieces of property, and to secure separate and independent debts), “and that after said mortgages had been ■ executed and delivered, and after condition broken in them, or either of them” (as though a condition broken…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, J.
— This is a joint action brought by James Glass, of Sedalia, and Gildenhaus, Wulfing & Co., of St. Louis, against Beasley and others, on a constable’s bond, the object being to recover damages for the alleged wrongful seizure and conversion by the defendant, Beasley, as such constable, of certain personal property belonging to the plaintiffs.
In the year 1890 Watts was engaged in the conduct of a small store at Nelson, Saline county, selling drugs, groceries, etc, and became indebted to these plaintiffs and others. On September 24, 1890, Watts made a chattel mortgage to Grlass, covering by its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Johnson v. TrueMissouri Court of Appeals · 1887
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- Frumberg v. HaderleinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912