Bennett Cadillac Co. v. Slater

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gary.

This is an action in claim and delivery, to recover possession of an automobile. The complaint, in substance, alleges that, at the time mentioned in the complaint, the plaintiffs were and still are the owners of a certain automobile, of the value of $4,000; that the defendant willfully and in a high-handed manner took said automobile from the possession of the plaintiffs, and still retains the same, to the damage of the plaintiffs in the sum of $5,000.

The defendant denied the allegations of the complaint, and alleged the following by…