Stott v. Smith

— In this action, the appellee sued the appellant, in a complaint of one paragraph, wherein he alleged, in substance, that on the 12th day of July, 1877, he, the appellee, was the owner, and lawfully possessed, of a certain amount of poplar lumber, particularly, described, which said lumber the appellant afterward, on said last named day, unlawfully.took possession of and converted to his own use ; that the said lumber, so converted by the appellant to his own use, was of the value of twenty-five hundred dollars; and that, by means of such unlaw*300ful taking and conversion, the appellee was…