Joseph Schnaider Brewing Co. v. Niederweiser
Decision Date | 20 December 1887 |
Citation | 28 Mo.App. 233 |
Parties | JOSEPH SCHNAIDER BREWING COMPANY, Respondent, v. TONY NIEDERWEISER et al., Appellants. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
APPEAL from the St. Louis Circuit Court, GEORGE W. LUBKE, Judge.
Reversed nisi.
MUENCH & CLINE, for the appellants.
BROADHEAD & HAEUSSLER, for the respondent.
This is a suit in replevin for certain fixtures and furnishings contained in a saloon on the corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, in the city of St. La. The cause was tried before the court, sitting as a jury, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.
It appears from the testimony that, in the year 1885, Charles Martin occupied the premises as a tenant, and owned the fixtures and furnishings in controversy. In September of that year, being indebted to John H. Vette, for borrowed money, he conveyed the property in dispete to Vette by chattel mortgage, and afterwards turned over the property to the mortgagee. In December, or thereabouts, the defendant Niederweiser, obtained from the owner a lease of the building, and effected an understanding with Vette and Martin that he should purchase the fixtures for four hundred dollars, and go into possession of the property. The plaintiff had previously furnished Niederweiser with one hundred and fifty dollars to enable him to pay the first month's rent. Niederweiser paid one hundred dollars to Vette, leaving three hundred dollars of the purchase money for the fixtures unpaid. What then followed is differently told by the several parties to the transactions. Joseph M Schnaider testifies that the plaintiff corporation, of which he is vice-president, paid the balance of three hundred dollars purchase money, took possession of the premises, and received a bill of sale, which was shown in evidence, from Vette and Martin; that the plaintiff then put Niederweiser in to sell its beer, and gave him the use of its fixtures, so long as he sold its beer. The witness further said:
The defendant Niederweiser's account differs from this in many particulars. He testifies: The witness acknowledged that he had received one hundred and fifty dollars from the plaintiff, to be used in paying the first...
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