Jorgenson v. Story

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendants for the alleged conversion of certain personal property. From a judgment entered in favor of the defendants the plaintiff has appealed.

There is little conflict in the evidence. Therefrom it appears that the plaintiff, a widow, in poor financial circumstances, and her two minor children, a boy and a girl, resided at the village of Park City. She earned her living by taking in washing and doing housecleaning, and owned and possessed a milch cow and calf; the milk obtained from the cow being of assistance to her…