Wax v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

The respondent, who was plaintiff below, brought this action against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and C. O. Cooper, as defendants, to recover certain personal property alleged to belong to the estate of one Harry Winters, of which the respondent was trustee in bankruptcy, which personal property, it was alleged, the defendants wrongfully and unlawfully withheld from the possession of the respondent.' The defendants appeared separately and by separate counsel and separately answered to the merits of the controversy. A trial was thereafter had, resulting in a judgment for the…