Legal Opinion

Crumrine v. Reynolds

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1904PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to the District Court, Albany County, Hon. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. Replevin by Allan D. F. Reynolds against Eli Crumrine and Robert H. Homer, for property previously delivered by the plaintiff to one A. E. Miller under a conditional sale contract, which had not been filed. The plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendants prosecuted proceedings in error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

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Error to the District Court, Albany County, Hon. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. Replevin by Allan D. F. Reynolds against Eli Crumrine and Robert H. Homer, for property previously delivered by the plaintiff to one A. E. Miller under a conditional sale contract, which had not been filed. The plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendants prosecuted proceedings in error. The facts are stated in the opinion. In replevin the plaintiff must succeed upon the "strength of his own title, and not upon any weakness which he may point out in the title of the defendant. (Schulenberg v. Harriman, 21 Wall., 44;…

1Opinion of the Court

Potter, Justice.

This is a suit in replevin. The chattels in controversy, consisting of a typewriter and table, had been delivered by the then owner, the plaintiff below and defendant in error here, into the possession of one A. E. Miller under a written contract of sale providing for monthly payments, and that until final payment of the purchase price the title should remain in the vendor, and that, if required, the property should be restored to the vendor’s possession in the event of default as to any payment. 'It was also stipulated in the contract that the vendee should not part with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mueller v. NugentSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. NashSupreme Court of Vermont · 1898
  3. Peterson v. TuftsNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  4. A. M. McPhail & Co. v. GerrySupreme Court of Vermont · 1882

3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Hilliard v. Douglas Oil FieldsWyoming Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Lester A. York v. John P. JamesWyoming Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Wittler-Corbin Machinery Co. v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1907

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