Hake v. Buell

Hake sued Buell in trover as assignee of one Charles Scheidt for an amount of liquors and other saloon stock, which plaintiff claimed and defendant admitted were purchased by defendant of Scheldt’s wife during his absence. Scheidt had been keeping a saloon in Nashville, Barry county, and in December, 1881, left that place for a while, the saloon having been closed previously by reason of some trouble with the local authorities. The stock appears to have been worth not far from $700, there being however a dispute as to the true value. Buell bought it of Mrs. Scheidt for a consideration of not…