Legal Opinion

Huffman v. Knight

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1900PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From Marion : George H. Burnett, Judge. Action by W. J. and F. H. Huffman against John Knight for converting certain personal property belonging to plaintiffs. Judgment for plaintiffs, from which defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean

On August 7,1895, the defendant, as Sheriff of Marion County, attached a quantity of wheat and oats, two flocks of sheep, and other chattels, under a writ of attachment issued in an action brought by Benton P. Taylor against L. B. Huffman. Shortly thereafter the present plaintiffs *582commenced an action to recover possession thereof. In their complaint they alleged that they were the owners and entitled to the immediate possession, as tenants in common, of an undivided two-thirds interest in the wheat and oats, an undivided one-half interest in the two flocks of sheep, and the whole of the other…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Baird v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Hart v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  3. Moran v. PlankintonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Phipps v. TaylorOregon Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Gaar, Scott & Co. v. HurdIllinois Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Brooks v. YarbroughCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
  2. State v. VincentOregon Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. ReidOregon Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Gehlert v. QuinnMontana Supreme Court · 1907
  5. McCarthy v. KayNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1947

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