Fitzgerald v. Meyer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson. Circuit Court. — Hon. C. L. Dobson, Judge. (1) The only question in this case is this: Can a laborer or servant recover wages under section 4911, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889, in a case where a corporation suspends business by reason of its property having been taken possession of and sold by the holder of a chattel mortgage? The principal cases that appellant relies on are: Flanders v. Murphy, 25 Pac. Rep.
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Appeal from the Jackson. Circuit Court. — Hon. C. L. Dobson, Judge. (1) The only question in this case is this: Can a laborer or servant recover wages under section 4911, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889, in a case where a corporation suspends business by reason of its property having been taken possession of and sold by the holder of a chattel mortgage? The principal cases that appellant relies on are: Flanders v. Murphy, 25 Pac. Rep. (Mont.) 1052; 10 Mont. 398; Marshall v. Bank, 28 Pac. Rep. (Mont.) 312; 11 Mont. 351. (2) The main object in view in construing any statute is to-determine…
1Opinion of the CourtG-ill, J.
On- July 14, 1893, the Casey-Grrimshaw Marble Company executed a chattel mortgage, covering most of its personal property, to defendant Meyer, to secure the sum of $5,000 it was owing Meyer. On July 25, 1893, the mortgage was recorded and Meyer, the mortgagee, took possession of the property covered by the mortgage and on August 5, 1893, sold the same to a third party for $1,400. On July 31, 1893, plaintiff Fitzgerald obtained a judgment against the Casey-Grrimshaw Marble Company for $299.60 on account of labor performed by him for said company during the six months next preceding said July…
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