Fischnaller v. Sussman

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the •wrongful conversion of per sonal property consisting of steel railway rails. The plaintiff alleged that, prior to and during the month of September, 1929, he was the owner of approximately 110 tons of logging railroad rails, located at Carlisle, Washington; and that, between the months of September and November of that year, the defendant, without authority, right or permission, seized and converted the rails to its own use, and refused, on demand, to return them.

The defendant in its answer denied the material allegations of the…