Dodson v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cowley District Court. Action by Cooper against Dodson, as sheriff of Butler county, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful conversion of a stock of goods. The material facts of the case are substantially disclosed in Dodson v. Cooper, 37 Kas. 346, et seq.
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Error from Cowley District Court. Action by Cooper against Dodson, as sheriff of Butler county, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful conversion of a stock of goods. The material facts of the case are substantially disclosed in Dodson v. Cooper, 37 Kas. 346, et seq. After the judgment of the court below was reversed, and a new trial ordered, a change of venue herein was taken to Cowley county, because the judge of the district court of Butler county had been of counsel in the case. At the September term, 1889, there was a judgment for plaintiff for $5,900. The defendant brings error.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
In this action R. H. Cooper seeks to recover $10,000 as damages from H. T. Dodson, for the alleged wrongful conversion of á stock of goods. Cooper claims to have purchased the goods from Horace Blakely on the night of December 25, 1884, and they were seized by Dodson, as sheriff, on December 27, 1884, upon attachments, at the instance of Blakely’s creditors, and as Blakely’s property. This is the second time the case has been here, and the nature of the transaction and the facts of the case were quite fully disclosed in the first…
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