Wisenbaker v. Leopard

Deen, Judge.

As the result of a bannister foraging quest by certain members of a ladies’ hobby group who had been inspired by the beauty of their instructor’s antiquing techniques applied to this type of subject matter, the plaintiff-appellant found his porch minus 59 bannisters and the defendants found themselves minus their liberty under an arrest warrant. The two named defendants had only 14 bannisters between them, but agreed to and did locate and return all of these unusual art materials to their more utilitarian purposes. They did not, however, pay the expenses of restoring the railing…