61 Neb. 237 | Neb. | 1901
The controversy in this action arises between the creditors of one Rosina Marquardt and the plaintiff in error, Selina F. Brown, over a stock of merchandise formerly owned by, or in the name of, said Marquardt, and of which the plaintiff in error claims the ownership by purchase. Marquardt and Place were the owners of a stock of merchandise located at Burchard. Selina F. Brown was also engaged in the same business at the same place. It is disclosed by the evidence that in April, 1891, Marquardt, being indebted for merchandise in the sum of three or four thousand dollars, sold her interest in the entire stock of goods, being two-thirds thereof, and the
The gist of the controversy is as to whether the transfer can and should be avoided as to the purchaser, the plaintiff in error, and the title by which she claims divested for the benefit of the attaching creditors of Marquardt. It is insisted by counsel that she purchased the goods in good faith and for a full and valuable consideration, and without any participation in any fraud that may have been intended or practiced by the vendor, and that her title and ownership can not be successfully assailed. It is urged that error was committed by the trial court in submitting this question to the jury, in that it was not
We find no error in the record. The verdict of the jury is supported by the evidence, the judgment is in conformity with law, and should be
Affirmed.