Roan v. Johnson

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

In the suit below the complaint contained two counts, one for the wrongful taking, and the other for the conversion of a truck.

Issue was joined on a plea of the general issue, trial being before the court without the intervention of a jury.

The court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at $800.

The evidence presented by the plaintiff tends to show that on 24 November 1950 the plaintiff purchased from the defendants the truck in question under a conditional sales contract. The contract' shpws the selling price of the truck to be $750,…