Linn v. Reid
Washington Supreme Court
’ Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered January 10, 1920, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action of replevin, tried on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
— The facts in this case are not in dispute. Those pertinent to the decision are substantially as follows: On November 8, 1919, the plaintiff, a resident of Lewis county, was the owner of a Maxwell car; on that day two persons, driving a Hudson car which they had stolen from its owner in Portland, traded it to the plaintiff for the Maxwell car, each giving to the other the possession of the car traded for; thereafter the lawful owner of the Hudson car caused the plaintiff to surrender it; on November 15, 1919, the plaintiff found the Maxwell car in the possession of the defendant, who, on…
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