Saga of Missing Cattle Continues.

The parties owned adjacent tracts of land and the plaintiff claimed that five of his cows ended up in the defendant's cow herd and that the defendant had retagged the cows as his own.  The plaintiff sued for return of his cows or their value, plus exemplary and punitive damages.  The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment which the trial court granted.  On appeal, the court reversed, finding that genuine issues of material fact existed regarding the ownership of the cows and whether the defendant converted the plaintiff's cows for his own use.  Bryant v. Hammonds, No. 2130562, 2014 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 173 (Ala. Ct. Civ. App. Sept. 12, 2014).