Churchill v. Ackerman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This is an action for damages for the conversion of wheat, the alleged property of the respondent, by the appellant. The complaint in substance alleged ownership and possession of a certain tract of land in Whitman county, Washington, and ownership of a certain volunteer crop of wheat which had grown on said land in the year 1897; that on the 26th day of July, 1897, defendant wrongfully and unlawfully entered upon said land and wrongfully and unlawfully harvested and converted to his own use two hundred and seventy-four sacks of wheat grown…