Barret v. Rhem
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 46 — PETITION ORDINARY — CITED Story on Agency, sections 187, 11-15. 18 B. Mon. 400, Linn v. Burgoyne. 32 Vermont, 130. 15 Pickering, 307. 1 Hill, 501. 1 McMullen, 454.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant employed Tompkins to take a lot of his cattle to Louisville and sell them, and also engaged Stark as a servant to drive and take care of them. A few hours after their arrival in Louisville Stark sold several head in the absence of Tompkins and “ eloped.”
The appellee, claiming to have bought two from Stark, refused to restore them to Tompkins, or to pay him for them. This action claims damages for a tortious conversion; and this appeal seeks a reversal of the judgment on a verdict for the appellee.
Whether there was sufficient…
2Cited by1 opinion
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