Pyle v. Warren
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to Otoe District Court. In bis petition, the plaintiff alleged that one Wilson mortgaged to John W. Pyle an undivided two-thirds of certain books of abstracts of title, enumerated, to secure his note for two hundred dollars; that, after the note matured, the said John W. assigned the note and mortgage to the plaintiff, his brother; and also that the property came to the possession of the defendants, who converted the same to their use to the plaintiff’s damage seven…
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Error to Otoe District Court. In bis petition, the plaintiff alleged that one Wilson mortgaged to John W. Pyle an undivided two-thirds of certain books of abstracts of title, enumerated, to secure his note for two hundred dollars; that, after the note matured, the said John W. assigned the note and mortgage to the plaintiff, his brother; and also that the property came to the possession of the defendants, who converted the same to their use to the plaintiff’s damage seven hundred dollars. The defendants answered, that they purchased the property of Wilson for a valuable consideration, without…
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
The errors assigned in the petition in this case may *248all be included under two general heads: first, in excluding from the jury certain testimony; and, secondly, in refusing to give to the jury several instructions as requested by the defendant. These alleged errors will be considered in the order of their assignment.
To maintain the issues on their part, the defendants called as a witness one John H. Croxton, who testified (the case being tried to a jury) that he was an attorney-at-law and a dealer in real estate; that he kept in his office a set of abstracts of titles, and knew the value of…
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