Hilliard & Hilliard v. Brice & Co.

Brice & Company brought trover against Whitehurst & Hilliard for a sawmill outfit and certain mules and wagons, *210and appurtenances, which they alleged had been converted by and were in the possession of the defendants. Whitehurst & Hilliard, in their answer, admitted that they were or had been in possession of the property described in the petition, and alleged that they bought it from R. Q. Whittle, who had previously bought it from the plaintiffs, as appeared from a bill óf sale with retention of title, which had been duly recorded, and that they bought the property from Whittle upon an…