Legal Opinion

Sims v. Mead

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1883PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from Morris District Court. Replevin, brought by Mead against 8ims, as sheriff of Morris county, and another, to recover certain wheat. Judgment for plaintiff at the April Term, 1882, of the district court. Defendants bring the case here. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

This was an action of replevin, brought by the defendant in error, Lewis Mead, against John Sims, sheriff of Morris county, one of the plaintiffs in error, to recover two hundred and thirty-four bushels of wheat, which Sims as sheriff had levied upon, under an execution in favor of the Emporia National Bank, against George B. Wilcox and Charles H. Wilcox. Mead claimed possession of the wheat under and by virtue of a chattel mortgage executed to him on March 24, 1881, by George B. Wilcox. The mortgage purported to secure a promissory note…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shoemaker, Miller & Co. v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  2. Brown v. HolmesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. Howell v. PughSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  4. Potts v. NewellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
  5. Shaffer v. PickrellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1879

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. State BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
  2. Myers v. HubbardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  3. Souders v. VoorheesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
  4. Lewis v. Best-By-Test GarageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
  5. Clement, Bane & Co. v. HartzellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1896

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