Legal Opinion

Hulley v. Chedic

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1894No. 1398PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the. District Court, Ormsby county; Hon. Richard Rising, District .Judge. On June 4, 1891, A. E. Harris executed and delivered to tire defendant, W. H. Ghedic, a promissory note for about $4,000, which was secured by a chattel mortgage upon certain property situated in Ormsby county, Nevada.

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Appeal from the. District Court, Ormsby county; Hon. Richard Rising, District .Judge. On June 4, 1891, A. E. Harris executed and delivered to tire defendant, W. H. Ghedic, a promissory note for about $4,000, which was secured by a chattel mortgage upon certain property situated in Ormsby county, Nevada. This note and mortgage, it is claimed, were, immediately assigned by the mortgagee to his mother, the defendant Adeline A. Ghcdic, as security for $3,900 which be then owed her upon a note made by him to his father some time prior to that, and by Jiis father given to her. Harris had also…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Bigelow, J.

(after stating the facts):

To the proper disposition of this case, it seems necessary to first determine what are the plaintiff’s rights under the allegations of his complaint, and what were the issues to be determined upon the trial. Admitting, as contended by the plaintiff’s attorneys, that by the assignment made February 10, 1892, from Adeline A. Chedic to W. H. Chedic, the' latter became vested with such a title to the note and mortgage as made the debt owing by Harris subject to the claims of W. H. Chedic’s creditors, we are of the opinion that the plaintiff, by…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Murtha v. . CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Focke, Wilkens & Lange & Scott v. Leon & BlumTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Fish v. BensonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Herrlich v. KaufmannCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  5. La Crosse National Bank v. WilsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Central Improvement Co. v. Cambria Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
  2. Wilson v. HarrisMontana Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Jackson v. Phoenixflight Productions, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Gamel v. HyndsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  5. Cann v. George B. Williams Land & Livestock Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1935

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