First National Bank of Sheridan v. C. D. Woodworth Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court for Sheridan County. Hon. W. S. Metz, Judge. Action by the C. D. Woodworth Company against the First National Bank of Sheridan, for goods sold and delivered. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and defendant prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The conveyance under which defendant in error, plaintiff below, claimed was either an absolute bill of sale or a chattel mortgage. In either case the judgment was erroneous.
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Error to the District Court for Sheridan County. Hon. W. S. Metz, Judge. Action by the C. D. Woodworth Company against the First National Bank of Sheridan, for goods sold and delivered. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and defendant prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The conveyance under which defendant in error, plaintiff below, claimed was either an absolute bill of sale or a chattel mortgage. In either case the judgment was erroneous. Considered as a bill of sale, the transfer was void. A salé of a chattel, the possession of which is retained by the vendor, is…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
This action was brought by defendant in error as plaintiff below to recover an alleged indebtedness for goods sold and delivered to the plaintiff in error, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant in error for the *15amount claimed, the case being tried to the court •without a jury.
There is no real conflict in the evidence, but counsel for the respective parties draw different conclusions therefrom. The facts are that one C. E. Moore was engaged in the harness and saddlery business at Sheridan in this State, and was indebted to the defendant in error, a corporation…
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