Catlin v. C. E. Rosenbaum MacHinery Co.

The appellee began this action in the Woodruff Circuit Court for the recovery of certain machinery described in the complaint, alleging that it was the owner, and that the defendants were in possession and unlawfully detained the same. Appellee had delivered the machinery to the purchaser under a conditional sales contract, and the notes given for the purchase money provided that the property should remain the property of the O. E. Rosenbaum Machinery Company. In other words, the seller retained title to the property; it was a conditional sale.

The appellants answered, denying that appellee…