Beckstead v. Griffith
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of Bannock County. Honorable J. M. Stevens, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant Griffith appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. cites no authorities on the points decided. It would seem that where an officer attempted to justify under his writ, he must not only show propriety in a third person, but he must connect himself with the title.
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APPEAL from the District Court of Bannock County. Honorable J. M. Stevens, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant Griffith appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. cites no authorities on the points decided. It would seem that where an officer attempted to justify under his writ, he must not only show propriety in a third person, but he must connect himself with the title. (Lewis v. Birdsey, 19 Or. 164, 26 Pac. 623; Guille v. Wong Fook, 13 Or. 577, 11 Pac. 277; Coos Bay etc. Go. v. Siglin, 26 Or. 387, 38 Pae. 192; Bruce v. Foley, 18 Wash. 96, 50 Pac. 935; Pico v. Kalisher, 55 Cal.…
1Opinion of the CourtStockslager, C. J.
— This is an action commenced for the purpose of foreclosing certain farm laborers’ liens filed upon a crop of hay. Defendant Griffith filed a general demurrer to the complaint, which was overruled. He then answered and the facts were stipulated. The other defendants defaulted. The facts as stated by counsel for appellant, and conceded in the main to be correct by counsel for respondent, are that one T. F. Scott leased a ranch of about sixteen hundred acres from H. O. Harkness; that said T. F. Scott subleased the same to one William F. Scott, his son, and was to receive one-half of the hay…
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- Fisher v. KellyOregon Supreme Court · 1896
- Sears v. LydonIdaho Supreme Court · 1897
- Newton v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1880
- Trowbridge v. BullardMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
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- Burlile v. LeithIdaho Supreme Court · 1929
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