Johnson v. Covey

HENRIOD, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for accounting of pipe which he claimed defendant mixed or confused with that belonging to the latter, who in turn sold the confused mass without plaintiff’s consent. Affirmed, with costs to plaintiff.

Under a joint oil exploration venture, defendant agreed to furnish pipe to the driller. After exhausting the 5,014 feet of pipe furnished by defendant, the driller obtained money from plaintiff, one of the joint venturers, and purchased 1,586 feet more of the same kind of pipe. The venture failed and the pipe was pulled and…