Stamps v. Frost

Appellees, Mrs. Arlena and Loyse Frost, brought this action of replevin in the circuit court of Marshall county, against appellant to recover certain farm products, described in the declaration, which had been seized under a distress for rent theretofore sued out by appellant against appellees. At the conclusion of the evidence, the court, on request of appellees, directed a verdict and judgment in their favor upon the ground that the contract involved was a Sunday contract. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The propriety, therefore, of the directed verdict is the question.…