2 Kan. App. 554 | Kan. Ct. App. | 1896
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action of replevin brought by Swift & Co. to recover from W. A. Wyatt the pos
The error chiefly relied upon by the plaintiffs in error is the refusal of the court to direct the jury to find upon particular questions of fact, as requested by them. The plaintiffs requested the court to submit to the jury the following interrogatories, to be answered by them :
“1. Had the plaintiffs taken the mules from the possession of R. G. Dotey and transferred them to the possession of C. A. Stannard before Dotey sold the mules to the defendant?
“2. Had R. G. Dotey been discharged from the employ of the plaintiffs before he took the mules or sold them to the defendant?
“ 3. Did R. G. Dotey steal the mules in controversy in this case from the plaintiffs and sell them to the defendant?
“4. At the time of the commencement of this action, did the defendant have any right or title to the said mules, except as derived from his purchase from R. G. Dotey?”
The evidence disclosed by the record shows that on April 29, 1891, the defendant purchased the mules in controversy from one R. G. Dotey, who had, a short time prior thereto, been in the employ of plaintiffs, and authorized by them to sell certain personal property belonging to them, including this span of mules, and to deposit the proceeds thereof in the bank at Hope, in Dickinson county, to the credit of Mr. Higgins, a member of the firm of Swift & Co. ; that a no
As this is the only assignment of error upon which any argument was made or authorities cited by counsel, no others will be considered.
The judgment will be affirmed.