Wilson v. Holmes

This is an action to recover damages for the conversion of ten head of cattle and a truck. The petition was in ■the usual form, and the answer was by gen-oral denial. The defendant purchased the cattle from plaintiff’s husband and then resold them, but he denies purchasing the truck. Plaintiff claimed to own the property and that her husband sold same without her consent. The defendant defended on the theory that plaintiff’s husband owned the cattle, and if ho did not own them ho acted as her agent in selling them. The defendant recovered a verdict, and from an order overruling motion for new…