Carper v. Risdon

This suit was brought by John S. Eisdon against F. D. Carper and E. C. Lindemann, to recover damages for the alleged conversion, by the defendants, of a shaft-honse and certain mining machinery, belonging to the plaintiff. The complaint alleged *532ownership and right to possession of the property in the plaintiff, fixing its value at $3,000; also a demand upon the defendants for the property, and their refusal to deliver it. The answer denied the ownership of the property by the plaintiff, and his right to the possession of it, denied its alleged value, and denied conversion; but averred that in…