Chapman v. Veach

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vaeentine, J.:

This was an action brought by T. Chapman against L. J. Veach, to recover the value of certain wheat and rye which the plaintiff claimed to own, and which were converted by the defendant to his own use. It appears that in 1882, one S. T. Criss owned the land upon which the grain was afterward grown; that in 1882, he sold and conveyed such land to the defendant, L. J. Veach, and another person by the name of Barnwell. In the fall of 1882, while the land belonged to Veach and Barnwell, Veach sowed wheat and rye thereon. Afterward, and in…