J. A. Ansley & Co. v. Anderson, Adair & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover. In Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge W. M. Reese. April Term, 1866. This action was brought in August 1863, by Anderson, Adair & Co., against J. A. Ansley & Co., to recover for the conversion of twenty hogsheads of sugar.
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Trover. In Richmond Superior Court. Tried before Judge W. M. Reese. April Term, 1866. This action was brought in August 1863, by Anderson, Adair & Co., against J. A. Ansley & Co., to recover for the conversion of twenty hogsheads of sugar. The defendants, after the usual plea of not guilty, plead as follows: “ That the plaintiffs at the time alleged in their petition were not possessed of the said goods and chatties in said petition mentioned, or any of them, or any part thereof, as of their own property, in manner and form as alleged. That on the ^twenty-fourth day of Eebruary, eighteen…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Which of these parties should sustain the loss of the proceeds of the sale of the sugars ? Most assuredly the party who was at fault. Which party, then, was at fault ? The plaintiffs, by mistake,wrongfully sent the sugars to defendants to be sold. «Iohn L. Harris wrote to plaintiffs that he had authorized defendants to sell his sugars at 58 cents per pound, delivered in Augusta, no statement being made to defendants of the *13amount of the sugars. Plaintiffs had possession of Harris’ sugars, and under an order from him to send his sugars to defendants, they sent the twenty hogsheads in…
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