Connolly v. Straw
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. The circumstances out of which this action arose, are briefly as follows: In 1879 the firm of Connolly & Matzek, of which the plaintiff was a member, were retail dealers in hats, etc., in the city of Milwaukee, and were indebted for merchandise to the defendants, constituting the firm of Straw, Ellsworth & Erandt, of that city.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. The circumstances out of which this action arose, are briefly as follows: In 1879 the firm of Connolly & Matzek, of which the plaintiff was a member, were retail dealers in hats, etc., in the city of Milwaukee, and were indebted for merchandise to the defendants, constituting the firm of Straw, Ellsworth & Erandt, of that city. The latter firm commenced an action for their debt against Connolly & Matzek, and sued out an attachment, by virtue whereof the sheriff seized the entire stock in trade of the debtors. The action was prosecuted to…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The controlling question of fact litigated on the trial was: Did the plaintiff pledge the goods in controversy to the defendants, to secure payment of the balance of the judgment which remained unpaid after application of the pfo-ceeds of the execution sale? The only witnesses called by defendants, whose testimony tended to prove the affirmative of this question, were lawyers. These were Messrs. Williams, Dey, Friend and Ryan. The first was one of the attorneys of record in the case, but (as was stated in "argument and not *649denied) bis testimony was deemed • material to his clients, and the…
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