Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Couse
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. Replevin, brought by Couse against Thomas J. Going, sheriff of Saline county, to recover possession of ninety head of cattle. The cattle had been attached as the property of M. D. McCormick, at the suit. of the Kansas Pacific Bailway Co., and said company'was substituted in place of Going, as party defendant. Couse claimed the cattle as part of a larger lot purchased by him from McCormick.
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Error from Saline District Court. Replevin, brought by Couse against Thomas J. Going, sheriff of Saline county, to recover possession of ninety head of cattle. The cattle had been attached as the property of M. D. McCormick, at the suit. of the Kansas Pacific Bailway Co., and said company'was substituted in place of Going, as party defendant. Couse claimed the cattle as part of a larger lot purchased by him from McCormick. Trial at the March Term 1875. The proceedings and error complained of, are stated in the opinion. The Bailway Company brings the case here for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action of replevin, for certain property seized on attachment by plaintiff in error in proceedings against one McCormick, and claimed by defendant in *572error under prior purchase from said McCormick. A demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence was overruled, and this is the error complained of. Under the pleadings, the only question to be tried was the validity of the sale to Couse. Its validity is challenged under the third section of our statute of frauds, (Gen. Stat. p. 504,) which reads:
“Every sale or conveyance of personal…
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