Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. v. Dobry

John Dobry sued the Walter A. Wood Harvester Company for the conversion of a quantity of binding twine, and recovered judgment against it in the district court of Howard county for the sum of $449.63. The property in controversy belonged to the plaintiff, and was originally turned over by him to the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, to be kept in store in the city of Omaha. This company placed the twine in the immediate custody of one T. C. Northwall, and after-wards withdrew from business in Nebraska. Northwall brought an action against Dobry before a justice of the peace of…