Smith v. Armstrong

This is an action for the conversion of 26 horses claimed to be owned by plaintiff Smith and which were alleged to have been taken by defendant as sheriff of Glacier county. The Sherburne Mercantile Company and R. B. Fraser were allowed to intervene. A jury’s verdict was for the defendant and plaintiffs in intervention. Plaintiff Smith’s motion for new trial was denied and he appealed from the judgment entered upon the jury’s verdict.

The facts as disclosed by the record are that John S. Smith is a resident of Canada. He and one ICearle were engaged in the business of buying and selling…