Michigan Supreme Court December 2, 1899 (Saltmarsh v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.)

Moore, J.

The plaintiff obtained a judgment in an action of trover against defendant for the value of nearly 1,000 railroad ties. There was no dispute about the defendant having received and converted the ties to its own use, but its defense was that it bought them of George Pope, who had a right to sell them, and paid him for *104them.