Hefner v. Herron

The Court.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff as assignee of the estate of the Wah Sang Yen Company, insolvent debtors, to recover possession of six tons of dried fruit, or the value thereof.

At the trial, no evidence was introduced on either side, and it was stipulated that the only question to be determined by the court was whether the taking of the property, as alleged in the complaint, and as explained and justified in defendant’s answer, was wrongful or not

*474The facts stated in the pleadings are, in substance, as follows: “ In September, 1895, the Wah Sang Yen Company was a…