SHEPHERD v. LOOPER

No. 87-16.

732 S.W.2d 150 (1987)

293 Ark. 29

Andrew SHEPHERD, Appellant, v. Clinton B. LOOPER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Gene Worsham, Little Rock, for appellant.

Rice, Batton, Pierce & Swift by Mackie M. Pierce, Jacksonville, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

Clinton Looper (appellee) fishes commercially on the Arkansas River. When his sixteen hoop nets were missing, he suspected Andrew Shepherd (appellant) and, with the help of friends, he apprehended Shepherd and then called the police. Looper filed suit against Shepherd for conversion and Shepherd filed a counterclaim for assault and battery. Nine of the nets were recovered after about a week, but the remaining nets were never recovered.

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