81 Ind. App. 166 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1923
This is an action by appellee against appellants for damages, in which the issues formed by the second paragraph of complaint, and an an-swer thereto in general denial, were submitted to a jury for trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $450. Some question has arisen as to the theory of the cause of action, as stated in said paragraph, but the' court construed it as an action for the conversion of personal property, and the trial proceeded on that theory. As the paragraph.is susceptible of that construction, we will adhere to it on appeal, under the settled rule in that regard. Blanchard-Hamilton, etc., Co. v. Colvin (1904), 32 Ind. App. 398; Flowers v. Poorman (1909), 43 Ind. App. 528; McKinley v. Britton (1913), 55 Ind. App. 21. Appellants filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and this action of the court constitutes the only error assigned on appeal.
We have carefully considered each of the remaining contentions made by appellants, which relate to the giving of instructions and the exclusion of evidence, and are not convinced that the court committed reversible error in any of its rulings with reference thereto. We