Moses v. Morris
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Barton District Court. Replevin, to recover possession of a frame building, brought by Morris, against Moses and one Diffenbacker.One Thos. L. Morris erected the building on leased land situated in the city of Great Bend. Plaintiff claimed title to the building as purchaser from said Thos. L. Morris. The date of such purchase was 14th August 1874. Subsequently to such purchase, creditors of said Thos.
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Error from Barton District Court. Replevin, to recover possession of a frame building, brought by Morris, against Moses and one Diffenbacker.One Thos. L. Morris erected the building on leased land situated in the city of Great Bend. Plaintiff claimed title to the building as purchaser from said Thos. L. Morris. The date of such purchase was 14th August 1874. Subsequently to such purchase, creditors of said Thos. L. Morris caused said building to be attached, and sold at judicial sale. Moses, as sheriff, made such sale, and Diffenbacker was the purchaser thereat. This action was commenced in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The facts in this case were, that on 19th November 1874, an attachment was levied upon certain personal property belonging to I. N. Morris by the creditors of one Thos. L. Morris, as the property of said debtor. Geo. N. Moses, as sheriff, served the writ. Afterward judgment was obtained in the action; and on 13th January 1875 an order of sale was issued to said Moses as such sheriff, and on January 25th he sold at sheriff’s sale the said personal property to one C. F. Diffenbacker, to whom the property was then delivered, and who then…
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