Galbreath v. Armstrong

This is an action by Dexter Galbreath, plaintiff and appellant, for the conversion of 76 head of horses allegedly owned by the plaintiff and seized and sold at a sheriff’s sale by the defendant sheriff.

The case is before this court for the second time. The first trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. On appeal the cause was reversed and remanded for a new trial. Galbreath v. Armstrong, Mont., 167 Pac. (2d) 337.

At the second trial the plaintiff had judgment for $1,960, which was subsequently modified to $1,775 by order of the trial court. The modification was accepted by the plaintiff.…