Wray v. Sumerset Oil Co.

This was an action for damages concerning some oil well supplies commenced by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below. Hereafter, for convenience, the parties will be called plaintiff and defendant, respectively, as they appeared in the trial court.

As we understand, from the briefs of counsel for respective parties, the principal ground relied on for reversal is that, while the plaintiff’s petition states a cause of action for damages for the conversion of personal property, the subsequent proceedings and proof conclusively show that its cause…