Petersen v. Thompson

The plaintiff Petersen brought this action to recover possession of a tractor which was in possession of the defendant Thompson who claimed to own it. Both men claimed ownership by purchase from J. I. Case Credit Corporation.

The .court tried the case without a jury and when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion for a non-suit. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment of nonsuit.

This case arose out of the following facts. J. I. Case owned a repossessed tractor located in the woods near Morton, Washington. In the middle of February 1972, defendant Thompson telephoned Case’s credit supervisor…