Maddox v. Dowdy
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Washita County Court; L. R. Shean, Judge. Action by W. W. Dowdy against C. W. Maddox. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings errbr.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, C. J.
This is an action in replevin for one cow, of the value of $30. There was judgment for plaintiff,-and defendant, C. W. Maddox, plaintiff in error, brings the case here.
No demand was made .upon defendant for possession, and the cause was tried upon the theory that such was necessary to entitle plaintiff to recover, and depended on whether defendant came rightfully or wrongfully into possession under all the facts and circumstances of the case. In the trial the cow was conceded to be the property of plaintiff, which defendant had taken up without plaintiff’s knowledge or consent, but, he…
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