Roper v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Hill county. The action is predicated upon an undertaking given in a claim and delivery suit previously instituted by the Caterpillar Tractor Company against C. C. Roper, respondent here.

Roper is a rancher residing near Havre. In the years 1929, 1930, and 1931, he farmed extensive acreages in grain. His wife, Mrs. E. L. Roper, resided in the city of Havre, where she operated an office for the handling of real estate, insurance, bonds, and loans. Many of the business transactions between her husband and the Caterpillar Tractor Company,…