Evans v. Williams
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waupaca County. Eeplevin. The facts are stated in the opinion. A jury was waived, and a trial by the court resulted in findings and a judgment for defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOeton, J.
The firm of 0. Ladewig & Co., consisting of Tena Ladewig and Louis G. Leitzke, merchants in possession of a general stock of goods, executed to the plaintiff a chattel mortgage on the same to secure the note of said firm to him of $227.50. There was no change of possession of said stock, but the same was left in the possession of said mortgagors, who continued their business in the usual course of trade, the same as before the mortgage was given, making sales of the stock for cash and upon credit, and converted and- used and applied the proceeds of their sales to their own use, and to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Catlin v. HentonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Demming v. WestonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
- Knox v. JohnstonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. GroveWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Tom O. Mason Co. v. LindquistWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929