Valley Motor Co. v. Ralls

Valley Motor Company, hereinafter referred to as Valley, appeals from a judgment entered for the defendant, Ralls, by the trial court sitting without a jury in an action of conversion.

Both parties are automobile dealers. Valley has its place of business in Salem, and Ralls has his place of business some 40 miles to the north between Oregon City and Milwaukie. The piece de resistance was a 1957 Lincoln Capri coupe. At the time of the transaction in controversy, the automobile was worth about $2,550.

For more than one year prior to September 2, 1958, one Donahoe had been employed as a salesman *292by…