Legal Opinion
Briscoe v. Pool
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 12, 1934No. 24324PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.
1. The true owner of personal property, which has been stolen from him, may maintain an action in trover against one who purchases the property from another and pays to that person the purchase-price, although the defendant has no knowledge that the property has been stolen and in good faith believes that the person selling the property to him had the right to dispose of it; and the subsequent sale of the property by the defendant to a third person, before the acquisition of any knowledge that it was stolen property, constitutes a conversion. Flannery v. Harley, 117 Ga. 483 (43 S. E. 765) ;…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pease v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Holmes v. Langston & WoodsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Haas & Howell v. GodbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Flannery v. HarleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Liptrot v. HolmesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1846
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hanover Fire Ins. Co. v. ScroggsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Milburn v. Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Hovland v. Farmers Union Elevator Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1936
- Williams v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939