Jackson v. McDonald

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action for possession of certain horses which had been dealt for and purchased under circumstances giving rise to adverse claim of title by two different parties.

One of the parties, W. R. McDonald, the appellant herein, lived in Glacier county, Montana, where he was engaged in ranching and dealing in horses. In the fall of 1939 he was buying and sell horses to the government for the remount service; Galbreath, a horse buyer, was going to Canada to look for horses. McDonald arranged with Galbreath to purchase horses for him of the type he wanted for sale…