51 Kan. 704 | Kan. | 1893
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action of replevin brought by A. M. McKee against the Wm. B. Grimes Dry Goods Company, to determine the right to the possession of a stock of merchandise which was formerly purchased and held by John Thorn. In July, 1888, Thorn purchased the share or interest of a partner and commenced business at Clayton in his own name as a dealer in general merchandise. He purchased goods on credit from the plaintiffs in error and other dealers, and to meet some of his obligations as they fell due he borrowed money from A. M. McKee, a banker of the same place. On December 4,1888, he executed a mortgage upon his stock of goods to McKee to secure the payment of $321.10, which was filed for record February 2, 1889; and on January 23, 1889, he gave a second chattel mortgage upon the stock of goods to secure the payment of $952.55, which was to become due and payable on April 23,1889. This mortgage was filed for record on February 2, 1889. On February 5, 1889, McKee, deeming himself unsafe, demanded and obtained posses
The plaintiffs in error contend that the McKee mortgages were absolutely void, because .there was no immediate change of the possession of the property and the mortgages were not at once filed for record. It is also contended that they are void because McKee, with full knowledge of Thorn’s insolvency, entered into a fraudulent agreement to aid him in building up a fictitious credit, and thus obtain the merchandise against which he was attempting to enforce his mortgage liens. The case was submitted upon oral and written evidence, and no special findings of fact were requested or returned. The only question submitted, then, is whether the general finding of the court is sustained by the testimony, and a careful reading of the same compels an affirmative answer. The fact that the chattel mortgages were not immediately recorded by McKee, and that the property was not
The defendant in error claims that he was entitled to all of the goods in controversy, and asks for a modification of the judgment in that- respect, awarding him the full amount of the interest he claimed and all his costs. No cross petition in error was filed by him, and hence his complaint cannot be considered.
Judgment affirmed.