Goltra v. Penland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Morrow: William R. Ellis, Judge. Action by W. H. Goltra, executor of tbe estate of Hugh Fields, deceased, against Jane Penland, executrix of the estate of William Penland, deceased. This action' wás commenced September 28, 1901, by Hugh Fields against the executrix of tbe estate of William Penland, deceased, to recover the value of certain sheep alleged to have been converted by Penland to bis own use.
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From Morrow: William R. Ellis, Judge. Action by W. H. Goltra, executor of tbe estate of Hugh Fields, deceased, against Jane Penland, executrix of the estate of William Penland, deceased. This action' wás commenced September 28, 1901, by Hugh Fields against the executrix of tbe estate of William Penland, deceased, to recover the value of certain sheep alleged to have been converted by Penland to bis own use. Tbe complaint alleges, in substance, that for several years prior to June 1,1900, Pen-land bad in his possession a band of ewe sheep, the property of Fields, which be had been keeping on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. Phil Cohn, a warehouseman, testified that in the years 1899 and 1900 one Lassen delivered wool at his warehouse for the account of Penland, which Penland afterwards said belonged to Fields. The witness was thereupon asked to relate any conversation he had with Lassen at the time the wool was delivered in 1900 about its coming from *257Fields’ sheep, counsel stating that he expected to prove by the witness that Lassen said it was Fields’ share of the wool clipped from the sheep belonging to him, which Penland was running on the shares. An objection to the evidence was sustained, and, we think,…
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