38 Kan. 83 | Kan. | 1887
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action of replevin, brought by C. F. Elerick against W. H. Braden, sheriff of Crawford county, to recover the possession of a stock of general merchandise. Braden had attached the goods as the property of J. W. Kinsey, under an order of attachment issued in the action of George W. Stevenson against J. W. Kinsey. The plaintiff claims that he purchased the stock in good faith, for a valuable consideration, from J. W. Kinsey, about the 10th of February, 1885, and was lawfully in the possession of the goods when they were seized. On the other side it is claimed that J. W. Kinsey transferred the goods to Elerick for the purpose of defrauding his creditors, and that Elerick not only had knowledge of the fraudulent purpose, but connived with and aided Kinsey in carrying it out. The jury has, by a general verdict, found the transaction to be fraudulent, and
There were some objections to the rulings on the testimony, but an examination of them plainly shows that no prejudicial error was committed, and we do not regard them as sufficiently important to require special mention. The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.