Scharman v. Scharman
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Lincoln county. Heard below before Church, J. Even if there was not a bona fide sale from the plaintiff to the defendant Scharman of the lands described in the land contracts in controversy, still the plaintiff, by her conduct in clothing the defendant Scharman with the indicia of ownership of the lands in controversy, and in permitting him to hold himself out to the world as the owner of the lands, and thus gaining a credit in the…
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Appeal from the district court of Lincoln county. Heard below before Church, J. Even if there was not a bona fide sale from the plaintiff to the defendant Scharman of the lands described in the land contracts in controversy, still the plaintiff, by her conduct in clothing the defendant Scharman with the indicia of ownership of the lands in controversy, and in permitting him to hold himself out to the world as the owner of the lands, and thus gaining a credit in the commercial world, and particularly with the defendants Rector & "Wilhelmy Company, which he would not otherwise have had, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
A. Margaret Scharman sued Conrad A. Scharman, Rector & Wilhelmy Company, and D. A. Baker, sheriff of Lincoln county, Nebraska, in the district court of that county, and in her petition alleged that on the 12th day of June, 1889, she was the owner of certain Union Pacific land •contracts, calling for three quarter sections of land in Lincoln county, Nebraska; some of the lands represented by these contracts she had purchased from the Union Pacific Railway company direct, and others she had purchased from purchasers from the Union Pacific Railway Company; that on the 12th day of June,…
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