Gam v. Cordrey

Lobe, C. J.,

charging the jury :

Gentlemen of the jury :—This is an action of trover, the form *144of which is fictitious. In substance it is a remedy to recover the value of personal chattels, wrongfully converted by another to his own use.

John Gam, the plaintiff, claims that on September 6, 1901, he was the rightful owner of 438 bushels of wheat, which he alleges Absalom Cordrey, the defendant, wrongfully converted to his own use and refused to deliver up to the plaintiff on demand then made.

The defendant, however, claims that the wheat belonged to him, Cordrey, and not to Gam, the plaintiff.

The…