Spokane Security Finance Co. v. Crowley Lumber Co.

The plaintiff brought this action for the conversion of certain lumber which it claimed to be entitled to the possession of because it held a chattel mortgage thereon. The cause was tried to the court, without a jury, and resulted in findings of fact from which it was concluded that there could be no recovery! Judgment was entered dismissing the action, from which the plaintiff appeals. '

The facts essential to present the questions to be determined upon this appeal may be summarized as follows: One C. O. Gager, under the name of the Gager Lumber Company, operated a sawmill near Springdale in…