Rison v. Knapp

CALDWELL. District Judge.

This is an action of trover, brought by the plaintiff, as assignee in bankruptcy of Heddens & Mc-Diarmid, against the defendant Knapp, for goods of the bankrupts converted before they were adjudicated bankrupts. The de: fondant filed his plea of “not guilty,” and flic parties by agreement have submitted the questions of fact as well as of law to the court.

The material facts in the case are these: Heddens & McDiarmid, the bankrupts, purchased an old stock of general merchandise, and commenced business as retail merchants in the city of Little Rock, in September, 1866.…