Perry v. Stephens

This is an action in trover as for conversion. Plaintiff recovered and defendant prosecutes the appeal.

The subject of the controversy is a gasoline launch valued at $300 and engaged in the coast trade on the Mississippi river. ^ A jury was waived and the case tried before the court without instructions being requested or given. There appears to be substantial evidence in the record tending to support the finding and judgment that plaintiffs owned the boat, that defendants converted it and that its value was $300.' But *691be this as it may, the matter is not for consideration here, as the bill of…