Hopkins v. Dipert
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Woodward County; before John H. Burford, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. Action to recover the value of five cows and three calves, alleged to be of the value of $289. Trial by jury, and verdict for plaintiff for $145, and judgment on verdict for that amount. Motion for new trial was overruled, and the case is brought to this court for review.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Pancoast, J.:
The first error complained of in the record in this case is, that the court sustained a demurrer to the second defense set up in the answer of the defendant. The petition alleges that the plaintiff was the owner and in possession of certain cows and calves, describing them; that the defendant wrongfully took the goods and cattle described, and unlawfully converted them to his own use, to the damage of the plaintiff in the sum of $289; and that the plaintiff demanded return of the property, which was refused. The prayer was for judgment for the amount of the…
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