Hamlyn v. Boulter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

The defendant in error, as plaintiff, brought his action in the district court of Labette county, alleging that Hamlyn the defendant had converted certain personal property belonging to plaintiff, and asking judgment for its value. The defendant answered that the plaintiff, being a judgment-debtor in sundry cases, had requested him to become surety on a stay of execution upon such judgments, and that he had so done; that to indemnify him plaintiff had given him a chattel mortgage upon the property described in the petition, a copy of which…