Ballew v. McElroy

This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, Ballew, against C. A. McEl-roy, H. F. Elrod, and J. F. Tomlinson, defendants, to recover possession of an automobile of the reasonable value of $1,000.

On trial before a jury, after hearing the evidence, the trial court instructed a verdict in favor of defendants as against the plaintiff’s cause of action, and against the defendants on their cross-action, upon which verdict judgment was rendered in favor of defendants, as stated, and appeal has been taken therefrom to this court.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges, stated as briefly as is consistent with a…