Sanders v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for damages, actual and punitive, for the unlawful and wanton seizure and conversion of an automobile, and of certain personalty which was in the automobile at the time of the seizure by the defendant. The action sounds in tort, and is based upon the alleged willful invasion of the plaintiff’s property rights.

On February 26, 1934, the plaintiff, who is a citizen of Barnwell County, traded his automobile to the Grubbs Chevrolet Company, of Barnwell, for a new Chevrolet…