Foster v. McAlester
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States court for the Northern District. William M. Springer, Judge. Action by J. Foster & Co., against J. J. McAlester, and others. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal. The plaintiffs below, appellants here, brought this action against the defendants below, appellees here, on April 5, 1895, to recover $4,000.00 as damages, alleging that plaintiffs were the owners and in possession of a stock of goods at Wagoner, Ind.
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Appeal from the United States court for the Northern District. William M. Springer, Judge. Action by J. Foster & Co., against J. J. McAlester, and others. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appeal. The plaintiffs below, appellants here, brought this action against the defendants below, appellees here, on April 5, 1895, to recover $4,000.00 as damages, alleging that plaintiffs were the owners and in possession of a stock of goods at Wagoner, Ind. Ter., and that on March 14, 1895, the defendants wrongfully, unlawfully, forcibly and without any right whatever, entered plaintiff’s storehouse and…
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
The appellants (plaintiffs below) have filed 24 specifications of error, but, in discussing them in their brief, they say: “We shall endeavor to group them, and thus abbreviate the labor involved in reviewing the entire ground. ”
Preferences. They first discuss and cite authorities to support the proposition that a debtor may make a preference among his creditors. There can be no dispute of this proposition, if the same is done honestly and in good faith.
Evidence. They next object to the court below having admitted évidence of the financial statements sent out by the debtor to the attaching…
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