Chapman v. Haley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 119. — Action by J. M. Haley Against George Chapman and-Wife for Money Wrongfully Converted. APPEAL FROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendants Appeal. 1. Summing up the authorities, we feel justified in saying that the statute of limitations was not avoided in this case, and should have been held to be a bar to the prosecution of this action.
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Case 119. — Action by J. M. Haley Against George Chapman and-Wife for Money Wrongfully Converted. APPEAL FROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendants Appeal. 1. Summing up the authorities, we feel justified in saying that the statute of limitations was not avoided in this case, and should have been held to be a bar to the prosecution of this action. The court below erred in not so holding. 2. The pleadings and facts shown thereunder in this case did not sustain, the judgment' of the lower court. 3. The court neither sustained the attachment herein by his judgment, nor…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE BURNAM
Reversing.
This action was instituted by (he appellee to recover of appellant, George Chapman the sum of $300, alleged to have been given him by appellee to be invested in some manner not stated in the petition, and which he had fraudulently converted to his own use, and failed and refused to pay over or return to appellee. As an ancillary remedy, an attachment was sued out and levied upon á small tract ■of land situated in Laurel county, Ky., the title of which was in Gertie Chapman, the wife of George Chapman. The wife was made a defendant, and the…
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