Rausch v. Hill

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an adverse judgment in a replevin action brought to recover a road grader from a county engineer.

The principal question presented is whether plaintiff acquired title to the grader by bill of sale executed and delivered to him by the township after the county had adopted the county road unit system.

The action was tried on stipulated facts which, in substance, were:

Plaintiff is a resident of Neosho county; defendant is the county engineer of Wilson county; the township had acquired a used grader in 1942;…