Cage Bros. v. Whiteman

RICE, Chief Justice.

Charles D. Whiteman, as plaintiff, brought this suit in the district court of McLennan county, Texas, against Cage Brothers, a co-partnership composed of Tom C. Cage and J. F. Cage, and Tom C. Cage and J. F. Cage, individually, Luther A. Turner, H. E. Williams, Acme Wire & Iron Works, a co-partnership composed of J. E. Ingram, R. W. Ingram and H. B. Ingram, and J. E. Ingram, R. W. Ingram and H. B. Ingram, individually, as defendants, seeking recovery in damages for conversion of sand and gravel alleged to be the property of plaintiff.

Upon the answers of the jury to the…