Supreme Court of Minnesota October 28, 1890 (Smith v. Pearson)

Mitchell, J.

This was an action for the alleged wrongful conversion of a quantity of lumber. The plaintiff claimed the property under a bill of sale executed by the Iron Eange Lumber Company in June, 1889, as security for a loan of $3,000, which he claims to have .made to it contemporaneously with the execution of the bill of sale.