Massey v. Fain
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe, Action by Arthur W. Massey against J. W. Fain in trover, for the conversion of a horse. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe, Action by Arthur W. Massey against J. W. Fain in trover, for the conversion of a horse. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Counsel insists that the court erred in excluding the value of the horse. —Bout-well v. Parker, 124 Ala. 341. There was no question as to the time of the conversion. — Wood v. Bose & Co., 135 Ala. 297. No express notice of plaintiff’s title was necessary. — Stein v. McGrath, 128 Ala. 175; Kirkland v. Trot, 75 Ala. 321; Wood v. Bose, supra. The maxim caveat emptor applies. — Milner & Kettig v.…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
This was an action in trover, and the evidence for the plaintiff established, if *426believed, the conversion by the defendant of a horse for which the defendant paid $225 when the conversion occurred. The plaintiff offered no evidence of the value of the horse other than the fact that, when he demanded the animal of the defendant, the defendant refused to give up the horse, saying that the horse was worth that to him. Upon motion of the defendant, the court excluded all the evidence of the plaintiff, to which action of the court the plaintiff excepted. There was a judgment for…
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