Craven v. Buchanan

Findings of Pact.

JENKINS, J.

P. A. Craven and W. B. Stanford each owned a five-passenger Ford automobile, which automobiles were stolen from them. Guy Simms was in possession of a five-passenger Ford automobile, which Craven claimed was stolen from him. He instituted suit against Simms to recover this automobile. Craven requested Bob Buchanan, sheriff of McLennan county, to take possession of said automobile as stolen property, and to hold the same subject to said suit. Buchanan took possession of the automobile. During the pendency of this suit, Stanford claimed to Buchanan that he was the…