State ex rel. Sporleder v. Staed

The suit is upon' the sheriff's official bond for conversion of the relator’s property. Touching the facts of the case there is no substantial controversy, and the only question of law arising on this appeal is whether, on the uncontroverted facts, and the inferences which may reasonably be drawn from them, the court trying the case was justified in declaring as a matter of law that the plaintiff could not recover.

The facts briefly stated are these: One Pearce, being largely indebted to the relator, executed to him a chattel mortgage covering among other things twenty-three rolls of leather.…