Smith v. Rankin
Supreme Court of Kansas
Hrror from Bussell District Court. REPLEVIN. Judgment for plaintiffs Bankin and three others at the April term, 1888. The defendant Smith brings the case here. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
This was an action of replevin, to recover the possession of a stock of implements, brought by defendants *177in error against James E. Smith, who, as sheriff, had seized the stock in attachment proceedings brought by the Buford & George Implement Company against Smith Brothers. The Smith Brothers, who were engaged in the implement business, procured the defendants in error to join with them in signing certain notes and obligations, as sureties. Afterward, when the Smith Brothers found themselves in failing circumstances, they transferred the…
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