House v. Filgo

Defendants in error sued plaintiff in error to recover a vendor’s lien note for $829.58, alleging conversion by plaintiff in error. John G. Wilson, who held the note pending the dispute between plaintiff in error and defendants in error, was made a party defendant. Plaintiff in error denied the conversion and by special plea alleged that the note had been assigned to him by defendants in error to secure payment of a debt of $750 due him by the defendant in error Henry Filgo. This plea was followed by prayer for appropriate protection in that behalf. A jury was waived, and trial was had before…