Gill

This is an action for damages for the alleged conversion of 257 head of steers, property of the plaintiff, it being the contention of the latter that said steers were, without authority or right, sold to the defendants by one George H. Loughery, who at the time of said sale had possession of said animals.

The cause was tried before a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s case a motion for a nonsuit was granted as to the defendant Western Meat Company. The jury gave the defendants a verdict, and thereafter a motion was made by the plaintiff for a new trial upon all the statutory grounds appropriate to a verdict for a defendant in a civil action for damages. (See. 657, Code Civ. Proc.) Said motion having been denied, judgment was thereupon entered in favor of the defendants. This appeal, supported by a bill of exceptions, is by the plaintiff from the judgment so entered.

The plaintiff was at the time of the transaction involved herein engaged in the business of raising, buying, and selling beef cattle in Tulare County. The cattle were kept and ranged on lands belonging to the plaintiff in said county, one of said tracts of land being known as the “Tagus Ranch.” G. H. Loughery was at…