Pieper v. First Nat. Bank of Linn Creek, Camdenton

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Appeal from judgment in replevin action awarding respondent possession of a 1967 model 40-foot Owens Inboard cruiser boat, Serial No. 40A04746, actual value $35,000.

Louis .A. Pieper of Waterloo, Illinois, first became acquainted with Robert T. Smith, d/b/a Campmarina, in Camden County on the Lake of the Ozarks, in April, 1966. Mr. Smith’s operation under his trade name consisted of boat sales, rentals, storage, and repairs. On Memorial Day weekend, 1966, Mr. Pieper purchased from Campmarina for cash a new 20-foot XL Owens boat which he used every weekend from Memorial…