Nichols v. Ashton

This is an action of replevin against an officer, for goods attached as the property of one Fred L. Stiff. The plaintiffs had delivered the goods to Stiff under a contract for purchase on the instalment plan, expressed in a writing signed by Stiff. At the trial the defendant contended, and offered evidence to prove, that this contract was a cover for an absolute sale to Stiff’s father; but the jury found the other way. The defendant also asked for certain rulings based on the hypothesis that the plaintiffs were mortgagees of the goods, and therefore *206could not defeat the attachment except by…