Wright v. Dudgeon
Wright v. Dudgeon
Opinion of the Court
The defendant obtained possession of the animal to which this action relates in a trade between him and the plaintiffs, in which the defendant delivered to plaintiffs a sorrel horse and received in exchange this roan mare. Subsequently this defendant brought an action against the plaintiffs, in which he alleged that by false and fraudulent representations as to the age, value, and qualities of the roan mare he was induced to exchange his sorrel horse for her, and that the defendants had sold the horse and put it beyond their power to restore him; wherefore he tendered back the mare and demanded the sorrel horse,
It is conceded that prior to the commencement of the present action plaintiffs made a demand upon the present defendant for the possession of the roan mare. It is apparent that the judgment which this defendant recovered in his former action against these plaintiffs was predicated upon a rescission of the sale for fraud. Plaintiff in that action did not seek to recover the difference in value between the animal which he had received in the trade and the one which he had given to plaintiffs, but he asked judgment for the entire value of the animal which he had given in exchange, and which the defendants in that action had sold, placing it beyond their power to restore him. And said plaintiff also asked as an item of recovery the expense of keeping the mare from the time of such tender until the time of the trial. Plaintiff recovered therefor on the theory that the sale was rescinded, and that he was holding the mare as the property of the defendants in that
The contentions for appellant seem to be, first, that even after this appellant had recovered a money judgment on the former trial the defendants in that judgment were entitled to the possession of the mare which remained in appellant’s possession only upon tendering a return of the sorrel horse; and, second, that said defendants were entitled to the possession of the mare only on a iull satisfaction of the judgment against them. It is sufficient to say as to the first of these contentions that the money judgment was a full satisfaction of the breach of duty on the part of the defendants in that judgment in not returning the sorrel horse when demanded; and the complete answer to the second contention is that, after the rendition of the money judgment in appellant’s favor in the former action, he held the mare as the property of these plaintiffs with no judgment lien thereon, but subject to be applied by proper legal
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- S. E. Wright and H. L. Scott v. L. Dudgeon
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