Howland v. Sharp
Howland v. Sharp
Opinion of the Court
This, an action of replevin, was commenced to obtain possession of certain personal property held by John F. Boyd, as sheriff of Douglas county, under the levy of a writ of attachment issued in an action by Herman Deiss against the Western Dry House & Construction Company. The suit in which the attachment was issued was brought July 22, 1890, and the writ was levied on the same day. Judgment was rendered in the last mentioned
The argument in tbe brief filed for plaintiff in error is first directed to tbe question raised by tbe assignment of error that tbe verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence. Tbe controversy in tbe cause was over “all brick in and about tbe brick kilns contained in tbe brick yard situated on Douglas county poor farm, said brick yards being bounded on tbe east by tbe Belt Line railway, on tbe south by Park street, and on tbe west by Ryan & Walsh’s brick yard, tbe city of Omaha.” A careful consideration and investigation of all tbe testimony presented in tbe record convinces us that tbe view of counsel that tbe verdict is not supported by tbe evidence is a correct one. It was shown that one George Hinchliff was, and bad been for several months, tbe owner and in possession of tbe property in tbe brick yard, including these bricks in tbe kilns; that be sold tbe bricks to one William Redgwick during tbe month of May, 1890, and about two months prior to tbe levy of tbe attachment in favor of Diess; that on October 26, 1890, Redgwick sold tbe bricks to tbe plaintiff, neither of them having any knowledge, at tbe time of tbe sale, of tbe existence of the attachment, its issuance, or levy. There was an effort on behalf of tbe defendant to show that tbe bricks belonged to tbe Western Dry House & Construction Company, and it was shown that Hinchliff and Redgwick bad at one time been members of, or interested in, tbe company, but there was no evidence which would sustain tbe verdict returned by tbe jury.
Eeversed and remanded.
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