Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1899 — Dave Worland Still Has The Horses. [ARTICLE]

Dave Worland Still Has The Horses.

Dave Worland still retains possession of the team of alleged stolen horses, he bought the other day, the statement that they had been taken away being a mistake. He has investigated matters somewhat and finds that the young fellow who sold them to him has been working for his mother, the alleged owner of the horses, and using the horses. Also that he recently sold another of her horses, and no attempt was made to recover the horse, or so far as he can learn, to deny the young fellow’s right to sell it. This, Mr. Worland thinks, shows that the boy has been permitted to act as his mother’s agent and to sell her property as he thought fit, and would therefore estop her from denying the validity of this sale to Worland, and he proposes to hold the horses until the law decides his rights in the matter. Which looks to be a proper enough view of the case on his part.