Legal Opinion

Rader's Administrator v. Maddox

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 6, 1893No. 54PublishedCited by 10 opinions

ERROR TO AND APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TER RITORY OF MONTANA.. This case came from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana, and presented the following facts "William Rader, one of the defendants in the case as commenced in the District Court of that Territory, was sheriff of Meagher County, Montana, and the other defendants were his bondsmen.

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ERROR TO AND APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TER RITORY OF MONTANA.. This case came from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana, and presented the following facts "William Rader, one of the defendants in the case as commenced in the District Court of that Territory, was sheriff of Meagher County, Montana, and the other defendants were his bondsmen. Maddox and Gaddis were the owners respectively of two notes, given by P. D. Kinyon, and secured by a chattel mortgage on some four hundred horses. At that time there was in force in Montana the. following statutory provision : “ It…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer

On the trial of this case, all the testimony offered by the defendants to show the circumstances of the .sale was on motion óf the plaintiffs stricken out by the court. For the purpose of this hearing, therefore, it must be assumed that the facts were as this testimony tended to show that they were. The owners of these notes and mortgage were not present at the sale, but were represented by their agent and attorney, and by his direction the sheriff received the bids of Kier up to eight thousand dollars and upwards, and, as security for the completion of those purchases, retained all the…

2Cited by10 opinions

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  2. de Bartlett v. de WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
  3. Bodine v. BergSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
  4. Strickland v. Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1986
  5. Maddox v. TeagueMontana Supreme Court · 1896

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