Pilcher v. Faircloth
Supreme Court of Alabama
The plaintiff claimed to be the owner of said mules by right of purchase from one B. R. Pilcher of his interest in them and by virtue of a purchase from one haircloth of the purchase money note made by said B. R. Pilcher to Pairclotli for the mules; it being stipulated in said note that Pairclotli retained the title to the mules until the purchase price was paid.
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The plaintiff claimed to be the owner of said mules by right of purchase from one B. R. Pilcher of his interest in them and by virtue of a purchase from one haircloth of the purchase money note made by said B. R. Pilcher to Pairclotli for the mules; it being stipulated in said note that Pairclotli retained the title to the mules until the purchase price was paid. The defendant claimed title to the said mules by virtue of being a purchaser of them at an auction sale made by a deputy United States revenue collector. The other facts of the case are sufficiently shown in the opinion. Upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This suit is to recover for the alleged conversion of two mules. The evidence is without conflict and shows that in May, 1899, the mules were used by persons whose names are not disclosed, to effect a secret and unlawful removal from a distillery ware*313house of spirits on which unpaid, taxes were imposed under revenue laws of the United States; that subsequently the mules, with other property, were seized by a deputy United States revenue collector; that the value of the property so seized was less than five hundred dollars, and was sold at auction by the collector after appraisal ent,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. StowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Henderson's Distilled SpiritsSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Weston v. McDowellMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Hafley & Son v. Patterson & TempletonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
3Cited by6 opinions
- Daniels v. HomerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Scarborough v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Daniels v. . HomerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Gedratis v. CarrollMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
- United States v. One Bay Horse & One BuggDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1904
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