Stephens v. Stephens

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Willard M. Stephens et ux., plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs, brought an action against Floyd Stephens et al., as defendants for the recovery of money damages for the alleged wrongful conversion of their personal property. Jury was selected and plaintiffs’ counsel made his opening statement. Defendants moved for judgment upon plaintiffs’ statement of the case. The motion was sustained, resulting in this appeal.

The essential facts as alleged in plaintiffs’ petition and confirmed by their counsel’s opening statement are that plaintiffs owned a certain 40 acre tract of…