Allen Engineering Co. v. Kays
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; Frank Smith, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant brought suit in replevin against appellees, the Board of Trustees of the State Agricultural School of the First District of Arkansas, for certain machinery installed by it in the school building at Jonesboro for the lighting thereof.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; Frank Smith, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellant brought suit in replevin against appellees, the Board of Trustees of the State Agricultural School of the First District of Arkansas, for certain machinery installed by it in the school building at Jonesboro for the lighting thereof. It alleged that the property was contracted for by the defendant, installed in the building and that the title thereto remained in it until the purchase money was fully paid and that only half of the purchase money had been paid by the defendants,…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellant brings this suit in replevin for the machinery and appliances installed in the State Agricultural School for the First District at Jonesboro, under the terms of a contract of sale thereof made by it with the directors of said school, in which it reserved the title to the property until it was paid for and the right to take possession thereof upon the failure to pay the remainder of the purchase price.
Appellees have no interest, whatever, in the property, in their individual capacity, nor connection with it, except as representatives of the State…
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