Branch

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in an action for conversion growing out of the wrongful delivery of household goods to an officer upon a writ of attachment by a warehouseman with whom the goods had been stored. ;

The plaintiff is the wife of C. U. Branch, to whom she was married in June, 1917. They were living in a rented house at number 855 Ridgewood Place, Hollywood. The household goods and personal effects which are involved in this action were the separate property of the plaintiff, having been acquired by her prior to her marriage. The appellant is a warehouseman engaged in a storage and transfer business conducted for hire, in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Branch had planned to go east. March 24, 1925, at the request of the plaintiff, Mr. Cooper, who is an agent for the appellant, called at her residence and arranged to crate, haul and store all of her household goods. Mr. Branch was then in San Francisco, and had nothing to do with storing the goods. Mr. Cooper testified regarding these negotiations that at the request of plaintiff he went to the house and discussed the matter with her. “I asked Mrs. Branch in what name she wished the goods stored, and she told…