Eckert v. Rule

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

Mrs. Susan E. Rule brought her action against George F. Eckert and the Meade County National Bank, alleging in her petition that she was, in October, 1889, the owner and in possession of a large stock of hardware, cutlery, farm implements, etc., in the city of Meade, Meade county, and further alleging that in that month there was a wrongful taking, detention and conversion of the stock of hardware, etc., by the defendants; that the stock of goods was of the value of $1,700, and that she had been damaged in the sum of $2,200. At the…