Nunn v. Padgitt Bros.

Appellant sued appellees for the value of certain personal property alleged to have been converted by appellees and upon which appellant, at the time of such conversion, had a mortgage lien properly registered to secure an indebtedness due him. The appellees in effect urged as a defense to the suit that they used proper diligence to ascertain the existence of the lien and failed to do so, and hence were innocent purchasers, and further that they never took actual possession of the property; and hence there was no conversion of same.

It appears from the' evidénce in substance that J. M. Mullins…