49 Neb. 258 | Neb. | 1896
On June 12,1893, Walter W. Scott and the firm of Scott Bros, executed a note for $3,000 to the Nebraska National Bank of Beatrice. Before maturity this note was transferred as collateral security to the plaintiffs in error. When this note fell due it was not paid, and subsequently an action, aided by an attachment, was begun for its collection in the district court of Gage county. A motion to dissolve this attachment was made by the defendants on the ground that the facts set forth in the affidavits for attachment were not true, and because such facts as were set forth in said affidavits were not sufficient to warrant the issuance of an attachment. No reliance seems to have been placed upon the last ground alleged, hence we shall consider only the first.
Prom the affidavits submitted by both parties it is left clear beyond question that the firm of Scott Bros, was originally made up of George R. Scott and Walter W. Scott; that this firm was engaged in the undertaking and retail furniture business at Beatrice; that the interest of George R. Scott in property of said firm and in its business was transferred to Walter W. Scott; that afterward, on July 10, 1893, all the merchandise, book accounts, and business of Walter W. Scott were sold and transferred to parties of whom none are joined, by intervention or otherwise, in this action. The motion of Scott Bros, and Walter W. Scott to dissolve the attachment was sustained, and the attachment plaintiffs, by their petition in error, present this ruling for our consideration. That very unsatisfactory results might be reached if the practices adopted in this case are to be sanctioned, is illustrated by the fact that it now appears by an affidavit in this case that one of the parties to whom the transfer was made by Walter W. Scott, in his own name, at some time began an action for damages against the sheriff of Gage county by reason of his wrongful levy of the. attachment under consideration. If Walter W. Scott, in* his
Beversed and remanded.