Rankin v. West

The defendant in error brought replevin for the stock in trade in a meat market, of which she claimed to be proprietor, but which Rankin, as sheriff, had taken on execution as the property of her husband, Richard J. West.

Richard J. West, it appears, had previously carried on the same business in his own name; but being embarrassed, and apparently unable to continue it, one Hubert, from whom he had been in the practice of purchasing stock on credit, refused to trust him longer, but made a bargain with Mrs. West, by which it was agreed he should sell to her, and she should pay him for the…