Smith v. Bridgeport Machine Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This was an action for conversion of personal property. A demurrer to plaintiffs’ petition was sustained on the ground that the cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations.

In their petition plaintiffs alleged that on and prior to January 10, 1936, they were the owners of a steam engine and a “string” of tools used in drilling gas and oil wells, that these chattels were *445situated on a described quarter section of land in Okmulgee county, Oklahoma, and that—

“Some time prior to the year 1936, the exact date of which cannot now be…