Beckley v. Cotton

Flint Furniture Mart v. Beckley, 342 Mich 122, presents the background for this case. Plaintiff in that case sold furniture to Ike Cotton and Charles W. Allen, as vendees, under what we there held to he a conditional sales agreement. One of the vendees sold the' furniture to the defendant therein, Becldey. He, in turn, sold it without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff therein, the latter made demand upon him for its return, which was refused, and, in its resulting suit for conversion, against Beckley, we affirmed judgment for the amount of the value of the furniture in favor of that…