Wiley v. Baker

MOORE, Justice.

Appellant brought a conversion action to recover the value of an elk that escaped from his game farm and was shot by appel-lee. Testimony was presented before the court without a jury. The trial court entered a judgment that appellant should take nothing, from which judgment appellant duly perfected this appeal.

We affirm.

According to the findings by the trial judge, appellant operates a game farm in Van Zandt County. On November 29, 1977, appellant held in captivity a male, American Elk on his land. The elk was approximately one year of age and weighed approximately 800 pounds.…