Williams v. Stringfield

On Rehearing.

The judgment below was upon a verdict directed for defendants in a suit by Ruth Williams against Stringfield and others- for the taking and conversion of an automobile. She brings error. The defendants took the automobile upon execution against one Le Master, to whom they say it belonged. The plaintiff contends that the machine never belonged to Le Master; that, though it was purchased and licensed in his name, that was all done by him as her agent, with her money, and that his subsequent assignment to her was in pursuance of their previous understanding.

The complaint alleges a…