Bowe v. Palmer

Tbe parties to- tbis action have treated tbe complaint as stating a cause of action in trover for tbe conversion of certain goods and chattels belonging to tbe appellant, and tbe cause was tried upon that theory in tbe district court, and upon tbe same theory submitted to this court. We shall *215therefore treat the action as one of trover. The defense was, in effect, a general denial. The undisputed facts, as developed at the trial, are, in substance as follows: ^Respondent Stilwell represented one Goldberg, who lived in New York City, and who was the owner of a certain rooming house known as…