Ranier v. Stephanoff

This is an action by appellee against appellants for damages, in which the issues formed by the second paragraph of complaint, and an an-swer thereto in general denial, were submitted to a jury for trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $450. Some question has arisen as to the theory of the cause of action, as stated in said paragraph, but the' court construed it as an action for the conversion of personal property, and the trial proceeded on that theory. As the paragraph.is susceptible of that construction, we will adhere to it on appeal, under the settled rule…