Block Bros. v. Maas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. This was a statutory trial of the right of property in a stock of goods and merchandise, on which an attachment was levied on the 5th December, 1878, at the suit of Maas & Block, against A. Steiner, and to which a claim was interposed by Block Brothers & Go., the appellants ; affidavit of ownership being made, and bond given for a trial of the right of property, under the provisions of the statute.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. This was a statutory trial of the right of property in a stock of goods and merchandise, on which an attachment was levied on the 5th December, 1878, at the suit of Maas & Block, against A. Steiner, and to which a claim was interposed by Block Brothers & Go., the appellants ; affidavit of ownership being made, and bond given for a trial of the right of property, under the provisions of the statute. The claimants asserted title to the goods under a bill of sale executed to them by said Steiner, which was dated the 8d…
1Opinion of the CourtBrickell, C. J.
— It is insisted for the appellees, that if the rulings of the Circuit Court, or any of them to which exceptions are reserved, shall be found erroneous, the error is without injury to the appellants, because, upon the. evidence introduced by them, which was undisputed, they have no right of recovery — no title to the goods levied upon, which can in any event prevail over the attachment of the appellees. The bill of sale given by Steiner, the defendant in attachment, purports to “ grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, and set over to said Block Brothers & Co., the following described…
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