Conway v. Skidmore

Kimball, Chief Justice.

This is an action commenced in a justice of the peace court by plaintiff, the assignee of a conditional sale contract, to recover from defendants, the buyers of the property, a deficiency claimed to be due after the property had been retaken and resold by plaintiff and the net proceeds of the resale credited on the unpaid purchase price. In the justice court the verdict and judgment were for defendants. On appeal to the district court evidence was taken before a jury, but when each side requested a directed verdict, the jury was dismissed, and the court rendered…