Bolton-Swanby Co. v. Owens

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendant for conversion of an automobile taken from the possession of one Mrs. Ella G. Schiller by defendant sheriff and sold to satisfy a judgment against Mrs. Schiller. Plaintiff, an automobile agency, claims that it OAvned the automobile when it was seized and that Mrs. Schiller enjoyed possession under an oral contract of bailment. Defendant claims that title to the automobile was in Mrs. Schiller or that at least plaintiff, by investing her with possession and indicia of oAvnership, is not in a position to assert the contrary. Plaintiff recovered a…