Reynolds v. Fitzpatrick
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, District Court, Deer Lodge County; Theo. Brcrntby, Judge. Action by J. B. Reynolds against John Fitzpatrick and another, as sheriff and deputy sheriff. From a j udgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
This action is for damages for the conversion of certain personal property by the defendants as sheriff and deputy sheriff of Deer Lodge county.
Plaintiff stated his cause of action in two counts; in the first, after alleging the official capacities of the defendants, he set up that on August 23, 1895, Maddux and Clark executed their promissory note to plaintiff, wherein they promised to pay to him or order $1,300, with interest, and that on the *54same day, to secure the payment of the note, they executed and delivered to plaintiff a chattel mortgage upon certain saloon property. It is alleged…
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