Whittingham v. Owen

This is an action of trover, in which the plaintiff seeks damages to the extent to which the property was used during the conversion.

The testimony upon which the bill of exception is based tended to show, on the part of the plaintiff, that ho placed a bicyle in the hands of the defendant to be sold, and told him that if it should be necessary to a sale they might use it and “show it to the boys.” The defendant states the same thing.

The defendant further testified that on a certain Sunday he joined a party of-friends (members of the same club as himself, and owners of bicycles), and went out…