Cooper v. Helsabeck

ihis was an. action ox assumpsit for goods sold and delivered by plaintiff to the defendant. Plea, nonassumpsit. The material facts of the case are, that Cooper purchased from Helsabeck a wagon, for - which he gave him five dollars in money, and an improvement he had made on the public lands, denominated by the parties a K congress improvement,” valued at 40 or SO dollars. The wagon was delivered to Cooper. Cooper left it under a shed at the defendant’s residence, by defendant’s permission, for safe-keeping. The defendant, aftelB^ms, converted the wagon to his own use. The wagon was proven to…