Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Tacoma Junk Co.

This action was instituted hy respondent against appellants to recover the value, alleged to be in the sum of $500, of a lot of rails and rail fittings claimed to have been converted by appellants to their own use.

Appellants denied the title of respondent to the rails, claiming that they had belonged to one Wilson, from whom they purchased them. Upon the trial both sides moved for a directed verdict, but the trial court directed judgment for respondent, submitting the question of damages to the jury, which found for respondent in the sum of $384.49.

Wilson, from whom the rails were purchased,…