Smith v. Miller

OGDEN, J., pro tem.

This is an action in conversion brought by the assignee of Mr. and Mrs. George Peak against defendants and appellants, a public warehouseman, for the value of certain items of household furniture stored with him by the Peaks and which he was unable to redeliver to them upon demand. Appellant admitted his failure to redeliver the goods and offered in excuse thereof that he had delivered them upon demand to the W. & J. Sloane company, the true owner. The trial court gave judgment in the amount of five hundred and fifty dollars, found to be the value of the goods. The…