Kissick v. Kissick

This is a suit for conversion. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4300.32 and defendant, Swift & Henry Live Stock Commission Company, has appealed.

The facts show that in the fall of 1920 E. E. Kissick, plaintiff’s brother, purchased from Tom L. Pratt 150 head of steers and in payment of the same gave the said Pratt a note and chattel mortgage for the purchase price, the note being signed by said Kissick and plaintiff. Pratt lived in western Kansas and Kissick near Beverly in central Kansas. After purchasing the cattle E. E. Kissick shipped them from western…