Watt v. Scofield

This was an action of trover, brought by appellee, Scofield, against appellant, Watt, on the 23d day of February, 1871, for the alleged conversion of a quantity of corn.

The cause was tried by the court below, without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, whereby it appeared that one Kenny raised the corn in question, in the year 1870, on the farm of Scofield, in Hancock county, in this State, and demised by Scofield to Kenny for that year, under a written lease, at a cash rent of $660, to be paid November 25, 1870; that Watt, a merchant, residing and doing business at Elvaston, in said…