Scott v. Slater

DUNCAN, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of the ownership of certain coal mining equipment attached by appellee, Ike Slater, as the property of Dan Jacobs. The appellants, Russell Jacobs, Ernest Jacobs, and Hawley Scott, intervened, claiming title to the attached property and seeking to have the attachment discharged. From an order dismissing the intervening petitions, this appeal is prosecuted.

Sometime prior to the present difficulty, the appellee, Slater, and Dan Jacobs entered into a partnership agreement for the operation of a small coal mine. Under the agreement, each of the…