Morrow v. Peoples State Bank

Action to recover for the conversion of jack pine pulp wood piled on the right of way of the Northern Pacific Railway Company at Motley, Minnesota. At the close of the testimony the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff for $475, which was the value of the pulp, plus interest. There was judgment for the plaintiff, and- the defendant appeals.

Frederick C. Jones and his wife were the owners of a farm in Cass county which was in the possession of one Goplen, their tenant. Somet-ime in the latter part of 1929, Jones, in response to a letter from Goplen, instructed him to get out as much pulp…