Anderson v. King

FANNING, Justice.

Frank L. King, Jr., sued Wayne Anderson for unlawful conversion of a truck of the alleged value of $1625.00 and of a trailer of the alleged value of $95.00, aggregating the total sum of $1,720.00, and King in the alternative sued for $1,720.00 as the purchase price for the truck and trailer which Anderson had agreed to pay when buying such property as the highest bidder at a public auction sale. King also sought judgment for $400.00 as a reasonable attorney’s fee.

Trial was to the court with the aid of a jury. The jury’s responses to the special issues submitted were favorable…