Warnken & Co. v. Langdon Mercantile Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cavalier County; Sauter, J. Action by T. J. Warnken and Bertha Warnken, co-partners as Warnken & Co., against Charles Chrisholm and Charles Hunter, co-partners as the Langdon Mercantile Company. Verdict for defendants. From an order refusing a new trial, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
Plaintiff, as alleged owner, seeks to recover from defendants in conversion the value of certain personal property, which it is conceded was taken and sold by it under a certain chattel mortgage, but, as it claims, lawfully. At the close of plaintiffs’ case, upon defendant’s motion, a verdict was directed in its favor. Motion for a new trial was made, and overruled. Plaintiff appeals. The evidence shows that on December 15, 1894, the plaintiff, which does business at Morden, in the province of Manitoba, made a conditional sale of certain personal property, the value of which is involved in…
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