Arnold v. Hewitt
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — 'Hon. B. H. Miller, Judge. Action to recover the value of certain sheep alleged to have been converted by defendants to their own use. A trial to the court resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
The facts as evidently found by the trial court, and with which finding we are content, may be stated 'as follows: Prior to March, 1901, plaintiff and the de*672fendan.t Hewitt, both then living in Jones county, entered into an oral agreement in pursuance of which the former gave into the possession of the latter a flock of sheep; the understanding being that the same should be cared for by the latter, that each year the wool and the male lambs should be sold and the proceeds equally divided, that until the expiration of five years Hewitt should have no further or other interest in the sheep, and…
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