Clark v. Simpson

The defendant W. R. Simpson appeals from a decree of the chancery court against him in favor of Claude Clark for $386.78, as the value of five bales of cotton alleged to have been converted by him on August 20, 1921, with interest from said date, less the sum of $32.50 allowed him as ginning fees. The chancellor found from the evidence that the appellee Claude Clark was the owner of said five bales of cotton, that the appellant never had title thereto and was without authority to sell the same in May, 1921, when they were sold by him; that appellee demanded said cotton from the appellant on…