Meisel v. Welles
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Arenac; Sharpe, J. Trover by Herman Meisel and another against Arthur H. Welles and another. From á judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error. An alleged purchaser of goods, who causes an execution to be levied upon them as the property of the vendor, is estopped from claiming the goods in any other way than by virtue of such levy. Herman, Estop. § 977; Smith v. Taylor, 14 La.
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Error to Arenac; Sharpe, J. Trover by Herman Meisel and another against Arthur H. Welles and another. From á judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error. An alleged purchaser of goods, who causes an execution to be levied upon them as the property of the vendor, is estopped from claiming the goods in any other way than by virtue of such levy. Herman, Estop. § 977; Smith v. Taylor, 14 La. Ann. 663; Drew v. Kimball, 43 N. H. 282; Field v. Langsdorf, 43 Mo. 32. Defendants, by their words, acts, and conduct, having led plaintiffs to believe that the goods belonged to Hagley at the time at…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The defendants are merchants, and do.ing business under the name of Welles & Co., in the village of Standish, and have been engaged in that business for a number of years. Albert Hagley, during the year 1894, and for a number of years previous thereto, was doing business in the village of Omer, — a small village in Arenac county, situated about 10 miles from Standish. He had a shingle mill there, and was dealing-in lumber. He also was carrying- on a small grocery business, but on a very limited scale. Mr. Hagley was indebted to the defendants in March, 1894, for goods he had purchased from…
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