Walker v. Johnson

This action was brought by the respondent for damages for the alleged conversion of certain sheep by the appellant. In his answer appellant made a general denial and then, in a further answer, alleged that he took the sheep in question under a chattel mortgage executed by one W. B. Folsom and given by him to one Dennis Harper, who in turn for a valuable consideration assigned the mortgage to appellant. By cross-complaint appellant sued respondent for certain sheep not accounted for while they were in respondent’s possession, and also sued Swanson-Reid Corporation for the value of wool taken…