Faisst v. Waldo
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. Alexander M. Duffie, Judge. Faisst & Co. brought suit in replevin against Waldo, to recover possession of. 25 head of work-oxen, yokes, chains, hooks etc., valued in the aggregate at about $1800. Defendant denied their ownership and right to possession of the property.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. Alexander M. Duffie, Judge. Faisst & Co. brought suit in replevin against Waldo, to recover possession of. 25 head of work-oxen, yokes, chains, hooks etc., valued in the aggregate at about $1800. Defendant denied their ownership and right to possession of the property. B. Faisst, one of the plaintiffs, testified: Faisst & Co. sold all the property in controversy to Waldo, the defendant, with the distinct understanding that the property was to remain ours, and that the title was not to pass to Waldo until he had paid us all he owed us. He ■ was to pay by…
1Opinion of the Court
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Cockrill, C. J.
If the true state of the case, as the preponderence of the evidence indicates, is that the property in dispute belonged to the plaintiffs, and that they delivered it to the defendant, with a reservation of title in themselves, under an agreement that he was to become the owner when he had hauled enough logs to the plaintiff’s saw-mill, at a stated rate per thousand feet, to pay the agreed purchase price of the property, together with any debt the defendant might incur for supplies furnished or advances made to him by the plaintiffs to enable him to…
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