Williamson v. Pye

Appellee brought this suit in county court.against-appellant, alleging that he was the owner of a certain house which appellant wrongfully converted, and prayed for damages in the sum of $300. Appellant denied that appellee was the owner of the house. The jury found that appellee was the owner of the house at the datei- of its conversion, and that it was of the value of $75. Judgment was accordingly entered in appel-lee’s favor.- The facts in support of the judgment are as follows:

About 1900 appellee’s father gave him permission to build the house in question upon his land. Appellee built the…