24 Kan. 763 | Kan. | 1881
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Action of replevin by plaintiffs in error against defendants in error, to recover possession of certain goods and chattels used in furnishing the Reeves house, in Nickerson. Plaintiffs claimed ownership under a bill of sale purporting to have been executed to them on July 15, 1879,. by William Pointer, of the firm of Pointer & Williams, keepers of the hotel. Defendants in error were in possession of the property under a writ of attachment in favor of G. W. Todd .& Co. against Pointer & Williams. G. W. Todd & Co. were creditors of the latter firm, and in an action to recover their claim, sued out an attachment. Notwithstanding the alleged sale to plaintiffs, such sale was unaccompanied by a change' of possession of the property. The controversy in the court below was, whether the sale was made in good faith and upon sufficient consideration.
The case-made states that there was an offer to prove by A. J. Locke, one of the plaintiffs, as a reason for not taking possession of the goods, “that several railroad men board-’ ing in the hotel came to him and begged him not to turn them out, saying they could not at that time get shelter for their families in any other house in Nickerson.” This évi
Another question of evidence is presented. On the. part of defendants, one R. L. Yeager testified, over the objection of plaintiffs, “that at the time of the levy, Pointer was in the office of the hotel and seemed and acted as if he had charge and custody of the house,' and seemed to be as much interested and excited as the plaintiffs in this case.” The admission of this testimony was no ground for exception. To a certain extent, it may be said the evidence was the opinion or judgment of the witness founded upon conduct, language or appearances not detailed; yet such opinion was derived from having observed the relations and conduct of the person in the actual possession of the property and one of the plaintiffs, which would have been difficult and perhaps impossible to
The other matters submitted may not arise upon another trial, and we need not now express any opinion upon them.
The judgment of the district court is reversed, for the rejection of competent and material evidence, and the cash remanded for a new trial.