Benton v. Harley
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Trover; from Toombs superior court — Judge Hardeman. January .31, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
1. The proof submitted was sufficiently definite and certain to enable the jury to arrive at the amount of the verdict rendered.
2. In a trover suit for the recovery of property the title to which the plaintiff holds as security for a debt, the measure of damages, where plaintiff elects to take a money verdict, is either the highest proved value of the property between the date of conversion and the trial, or the value of the property at the date of conversion, with interest or. hire thereon, subject, however, to the condition that under neither choice can a recovery be had for more than the…
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