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OLIVER v. EUREKA SPRINGS SALES CO.

No. 5-80.

257 S.W.2d 367 (1953)

OLIVER v. EUREKA SPRINGS SALES CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Milham, Eureka Springs, for appellant.

J. E. Simpson, Berryville, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether a sales company which innocently sells stolen property at public auction can be held liable to the buyer for the failure of title.

The Eureka Springs Sales Company owns a sales barn at which livestock are regularly sold at auction. On May 19, 1951, Fred Oliver bid for, and became the purchaser, of three heifers. It happened that the animals were stolen property, and Oliver, after having...

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