Trowbridge v. Sickler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to recover certain personal property alleged to have been wrongfully taken by die defendant, as under sheriff of Fond du Lac county, on a writ of attachment issued in a suit in favor of John S. McDonald against George O. Trowbridge, a son of the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to recover certain personal property alleged to have been wrongfully taken by die defendant, as under sheriff of Fond du Lac county, on a writ of attachment issued in a suit in favor of John S. McDonald against George O. Trowbridge, a son of the plaintiff. The defendant, as such sheriff, justified on the ground that the property attached had been transferred by George O. to his mother, the plaintiff, with the intent to hinder, delay and defraud his creditors. Before the jury —as impaneled, the defendant moved the court to suppress the…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
This case has been here twice before. 42 Wis., 417; 48 Wis., 424.
1. Is there evidence sufficient to support the verdict? Beyond question the learned counsel is correct in claiming that there were several suspicious circumstances connected with the transfer of the property in question from the son to the mother. Were we sitting as jurors on the facts, we should probably be inclined to hold with him. We have no time to go intoan analysis of the testimony, and an incumbrance of the reports for that purpose would be of no practical benefit to any ©ne, even if it would be more satisfactory to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seward v. Jackson ex dem. Van WyckCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1826
- Barkow v. SangerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Jackson ex dem. Wyck v. SewardNew York Supreme Court · 1825
- Trowbridge v. SicklerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Trowbridge v. SicklerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
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