Stapleton v. Dismukes

This was a trover suit brought by F. S. Dismukes against R. L. Stapleton, a warehouseman, to recover four bales of cotton. The defendant filed an answer in which he denied all the allegations of the plaintiff’s petition as to title and conversion, and further averred “that all the cotton plaintiff had in the warehouse which was being operated by this defendant was sold by plaintiff, and he was paid for same quite a little while before the date stated in his petition, and at said time this defendant neither had any of his cotton, nor has he any of his cotton now or any other property belonging…