Screven Oil Mill v. Crosby

1. Where, as in the instant case, the petition in a trover action alleges that named defendants have possession of described articles of personal property to which the plaintiff claims title and refuse to deliver the same to the plaintiff, such averments directly and in express terms charge the defendants jointly with the tortious act of conversion. Hence, all the defendants may be sued together in a county where any of them resides. Code §§ 2-4904, 3-109.

2. In a trover action the property must be sufficiently identified by a particular description, or by a general description coupled with…